The Aeronca Museum is a publicly supported history museum whose primary
goal is to preserve the Aeronca heritage, legacy and technical
documentation for the benefit of present and future generations.
Like other historical museums, we collect, preserve, restore, document and
exhibit historical artifacts.
What is unique about the Aeronca Museum is that we are an online museum.
We are able to exhibit most of our artifacts on the internet, thus allowing
virtually unlimited access to everyone around the world.
Why an online museum? Because the cost of a public display facility is
beyond the budget of our small museum. And because our members and
those interested in Aeronca history are not reasonable close to our
facilities in Michigan. Someday, if a large grant or donation is made
available to us, then we’ll consider constructing a museum hangar for the
public to view our collection of artifacts and aircraft. In the
meantime, our small budget museum is very effective in serving our member’s
needs over the internet.
Currently, we store our artifacts in the museum offices and our aircraft
collection in hangars at Brighton airport, in Michigan. If for any
reason a member needs to examine our artifacts in person, then we are
available by appointment.
The primary feature of museum is the online archives, where thousands of
Aeronca-related documents are available to members and the public.
These documents include, but are not limited to: Factory drawings, service
letters, pre-war memos, TCDS data sheets, 337 archive, images, factory
reports, manuals, supplier service letters, sales literature, historical
news stories, published advertisements, etc. You can access the online
archives from the vertical panel along the left side of most website pages.
You can learn more by clicking About the Museum Archives at the left of
the website.
The Aeronca Museum has a small restoration facility on Brighton Airport.
Here, we are actively restoring our Aeronca projects and running our youth
programs. To help reduce costs, we share our restoration facilities
with the Warbirds of Glory Museum.
We are a 501c3 public charity and 100% of our support comes from public
donations, membership, and sponsorship.
Annual membership is $35 (with discounts for multiyear membership).
Lifetime membership is $500. Members receive our published Museum Wing
Tips newsletter, free access to our online archives, discounts from our
Museum Store, and the pride of supporting our passion to preserve Aeronca
history.
You can read more about the museum at our Frequently Asked Questions link at
the top of every page.