Here’s the latest in our “Airplanes With Ami” series of virtual video tours. Join Collections Manager Ami Eckard-Lee for a tour of the museum’s very rare 1929 Butler Blackhawk. We’d love to hear your questions and ideas – let us know what you think in the comments!

Local legend Jeanne Scholes, our favorite 92-year-old pilot and the first woman pilot to fly out of Brodhead Airport, took a ride with Josh in his Waco Taperwing! Perfect late summer flying weather.Jeanne is a regular at the museum – she even has a designated parking space! We’re honored to

Experience vintage aviation at the Kelch Aviation Museum!

Here’s the very first in our series of Video Virtual Tours, where Ami shows us around the 1929 Stearman C3-B.

Earlier this year, the Kelch Aviation Museum fulfilled its obligation to match a major donation from the William S. Knight Foundation totaling $370,000. Read the original grant announcement here. The 2020 installment of the three year challenge grant was $123,333, and the museum raised its portion on August 1st. The

The Brodhead Area Foundation recently sent the final installment of a three-year grant to the Kelch Aviation Museum, totaling $135,000.

We’re launching a new video series so you can visit the museum virtually during the continued lockdown. Join us as we add features on the large artifacts in the collection.