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With over 200 aircraft, indoors and outdoors, and other exhibits and activities (including occasional aircraft rides nearby), the AirVenture Museum is a key tourist attraction in
Oshkosh and is a center of activity throughout the AirVenture fly-in and airshow each summer. The museum is open
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The museum's collection displays more than 200 aircraft and 20,000 artifacts, including civilian and military aircraft of historic importance, and aircraft popular with aviation hobbyists—vintage, homebuilt, racing and stunt aircraft.
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Aircraft rides are offered through various EAA programs at the museum's
Pioneer Airport, or at the adjoining Wittman Field, especially during AirVenture Fly-In and Airshow, typically in late summer.
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airliner sells rides occasionally at adjoining
Wittman Field. A particular program is the Fall Colors Flights, short flights to view colorful fall foliage in the area.
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The museum includes a children's section which provides extensive hands-on aviation-related exhibits and activities, most notably, a 1/2 scale
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The museum has over 200 aircraft on display and several other exhibits and activities. Below are some of the museum's most notable aircraft.
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The EAA Museum is near the northwest corner of the grounds of
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model, numerous flight simulators, and a "control tower" observation platform overlooking
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The museum opened an
Education Center in July 2022. The new building includes a Pilot Proficiency Center.
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aircraft (some foreign)—many built by the original designers. Notable homebuilts on display consist of
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dedicated to the preservation and display of historic and experimental
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sells rides occasionally at adjoining Wittman Field when not on tour.
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as well as antiques, classics, and warbirds. The museum is located in
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The EAA library has been open to EAA members since 1985.
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Some of the more historic and unusual planes include a
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homebuilt aircraft in the museum's "Founders' Wing"
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