The Kelch Aviation Museum is proud to highlight Emily Willey, a talented local artist from Oshkosh, Wisconsin! Emily’s work beautifully captures the spirit of aviation through her unique artistic lens. As a supporter of vintage aviation and creativity in our community, she brings a fresh perspective to the history we

Our latest new sign installation is on the front of the Wagner Welcome Atrium. The Phillips brothers at Brodhead Sign Co. do amazing work!

It’s always a great sight to see a busload of visitors first thing in the morning. Welcome to the Janesville Senior Center and thanks for being an engaged and interesting group!

We have new signage above the museum’s atrium entrance! As with many non-profits, big projects often take time and the new sign is a long-awaited finishing step to all the recent construction. Thanks to Brodhead Sign Co. for the excellent work.

We were so happy to have the crew from Blain’s Farm & Fleet at the museum a few weeks ago to film this podcast. Watch Curator Hannah and Creative Director Ami talk about our history and give a great tour.

It’s a busy day here at Kelch Aviation Museum! Lots of vintage airplanes in action, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Travel Air Manufacturing Company, and the annual Pietenpol-Hatz reunion fly-in. Join us! We’re open extended hours today through Saturday night.  

This evening at the Monona Public library, museum volunteer historian Michael-John will be presenting his popular presentation on airmail beacons in southern Wisconsin! If you’re in the Madison area, don’t miss it.

Our amazing Outreach Volunteer & historian Michael-John Jaeger is bringing his acclaimed history presentation about airmail, light beacons, and the development of the first airways to the McIntosh Memorial Library in Viroqua, WI, on Friday June 27th! If you’re in the area, you don’t want to miss this. If you’re

Another truckload of donated aircraft parts arrived at the Kelch Aviation Museum today, to be offered for sale at our upcoming Fly Market on July 18-19 and again on Sept. 5-6. Today’s haul included Cessna 170 parts and engines, plus Tailwind, Raven, and Swift parts, instruments, and manuals. A big

Behind the scenes in the museum’s Rudy Kopp Memorial Library & Archive: We often receive donations of unorganized materials, and our volunteer staff has to figure out a way to bring order out of the chaos. This photo shows several hundred vintage aviation magazines. For ease of processing, we sort