Group Tour Rates | 2003 Student Aviation Art Contest
Tours and Programs
| If you are planning to visit the museum with a group, the museum offers a variety of educational opportunities. Based on the groups time and age, these include tours of the museum, build-fly-take projects, and flight demonstrations.
Please call ahead to schedule tours: (765) 287-1256, ext 511.
Basic Group Tours (Scheduled Tours with 10 or more people)
Adults: $1.00 per person
Children: (17 & under) $0.50 per person
Basic Group Tours with Optional Activities
Each of the following activities includes a tour of the museum.
FPG-9: $3.50 per person. Styrofoam plate glider. Teaches construction and trimming techniques for flight.
Skystreaks: $5.50 per person. Balsa rubber-powered model. Teaches construction and trimming techniques for flight.
Delta Dart: $6.50 per person. Balsa rubber-powered model. Introduces students to the art of stick and tissue building.
Basic Group Tours with Gift Bag*
Adults: $3.50 per person
Children (17 & under): $2.50 per person
*If children will not have time to visit the museum store, the gift bag offers a variety of small museum store items. (May include: free pass for next visit, magazine, FPG-9 foam plate plans, balsa glider, pencil, etc.)
**NOTE: Weather and site schedule permitting, a radio-controlled airplane flight demonstration can be added to any scheduled tour.
***The AMA education section of the website contains more aviation education information.
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Alternative Group visits
While the museum typically provides visitors with opportunities to learn about aeromodeling history, occasionally the staff is able to use the facility to discuss the workings of a museum.
Each year, Ball State University’s Introduction to Public History class visits museums and archives in the Muncie area. Students review the museum’s gallery, storage areas, and archives. The collection is not discussed; rather the museum staff relate real world situations to the students’ curriculum. These visits aid the instructor and act as a yearly benchmark for staff to examine operations.
Staff and volunteers from other museum's also frequently visit the museum. While it is rare that their institutions focus is related to aviation, we often deal with similar issues, including basic exhibit design/construction and the reliability of hands-on exhibits.
Visits like these are a vital learning experience, and the discussions that result allow for improved future exhibits.
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