Donations double this week for the Rudy Kopp Birthday Memorial Matching Challenge!For the second year running, all donations up to $5,000 made this week will be DOUBLED, in honor of the late great Rudy Kopp’s birthday on March 2nd. That means $5 becomes $10, $25 becomes $50, and so on.

Today the museum’s Rose Parrakeet was hung from the ceiling in the new Atrium. The aircraft builder and donor Larry Steentry was on hand to make sure we didn’t break anything, and after a few test lifts, our crew of volunteers added this cornerstone piece to our new space. It

What do you LOVE most about aviation? Comment below!Happy Valentine’s Day! Without you, the museum would fall out of the sky – thank you for your support. You can make a donation in honor of someone you love at www.kelchmuseum.org/donation-intro

The Kelch Museum’s Creative Development Director Ami Eckard-Lee tells her unique aviation story, including her path to becoming the Creative Director here at Kelch, her totally period-accurate flight training in a 1931 Curtiss Junior, and her love of history in this interview for EAA’s Green Dot podcast! Listen now at

mportant announcement: Temporarily Closed for Updates As we construct new exhibits in the new Atrium, the museum will be closed for January and February. We will still be open by appointment for tours and visits, however, so please reach out if you would like to swing by – just call

Have you ever heard of New England’s Flying Santa? A tradition kept in flight since 1929, the Flying Santa pilots deliver gifts and holiday cheer to isolated lighthouse and coast guard families. Read the heartwarming story of 90+ years of community kindness and joyful aviation: https://www.flyingsanta.com/index.html Merry Christmas, one and

We’re moving airplanes this week! The Rose Parrakeet had her wings removed to fit through the door to the new Atrium, where it will soon hang from the ceiling.

“There’s music in the air!” Back in 1931, eight musically-inclined Boeing pilots formed The Boeing Band and played concerts at the Boeing Field airport. There’s no record of them playing IN the air, however…. We’ll have live music at the Kelch Aviation Museum this Sunday, December 10th, for our Vintage

Our Phase III Welcome Atrium is *almost* finished…we received our occupancy permit today! Lots of work yet to build out displays, move furniture and cabinets that we’ve been collecting, and hang some airplanes from the ceiling. We can’t wait to show it off to everyone. Isn’t it cool?!