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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 and build-fly-take projects.

Please call or email 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 basic construction and trimming techniques for flight.   This activity is appropriate for children under the age of 10.

Skystreaks: $5.50 per person. Balsa rubber-powered model.  Teaches basic balsa wood construction and trimming techniques for flight.   This activity is appropriate for children 10 and older.

Delta Dart: $6.50 per person. Balsa rubber-powered model. Introduces students to the art of stick and tissue building.  This activity is appropriate for children 10 and older.

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.) 

**The AMA education section of the website contains more aviation education information.

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.

MKV 7/25/2008