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Special Events
**Updated!! June 12, 2009 Updated!!**
Group Tours: Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more by calling 410-682-6122 or by e-mailing tours@marylandaviationmuseum.org.
We welcome groups from schools, youth groups, adults groups, retirement and assisted living homes, and community organizations. Docent-lead tours of exhibits and aircraft are available Monday - Saturday. Group Admission is $3 per person. Parking is free. Bus parking is available.
Museum admission to the Museum exhibit gallery, Wednesday - Saturday is generally free for walk-in visitors. Donations gratefully accepted. For special events, there may be a program charge.
Monthly Speaker Series
The Museum conducts a Monthly Speaker Program open to anyone interested in aviation and space. Entertaining and informative, illustrated
talks are given by prominent speakers on a wide range of interesting subjects. Each talk is followed by a social break with refreshments and then a segment covering
museum and general interest topics, often including current events and a short video or slide presentation.
All speaker programs are in the Lockheed Martin auditorium at 2323 Eastern Boulevard, Middle River, Maryland. Programs begin at 7:00PM
and generally last until 9:30PM on the first Monday of each month, unless delayed a week by a holiday. A photo ID is required
of all attendees, and children must be escorted by an adult with a photo ID.
Programs will continue each month throughout 2009. Scheduled programs include:
July 6, 2009
Tom Jones will talk about the next 20 years for NASA
Astronaut Tom Jones (Ret) will cover the future of NASA and an Explorer's Guide to Our Space Future. Veteran astronaut, space scientist, and Essex native Tom Jones takes a look twenty-five years into the future at our nation's future in space. He examines the coming transition from the space shuttle to NASA's new Orion crew exploration vehicle, completion of the International Space Station, our reliance on the Russians for getting U.S. astronauts there, plans and prospects for our return to the Moon, and promising opportunities for expeditions to the nearby asteroids and Mars. Tom will also survey new destinations for our robot explorers and our efforts to find Earth-like planets around other suns. The future for our young explorers is bright, but will be determined largely by decisions the president and Congress make in these next four years.
Tom will offer copies of his three current books – Sky Walking, Hell Hawks!, and Planetology -- for sale and signature.
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, June 13 from 11am to 3pm
Celebrate Flag Day at the Museum and discover the pioneering spirit of aviation in America. Visit Museum exhibits on Pat Tibbs, Test Pilot and Dr. Tom Jones, a Middle River-raised astronaut. Special music, visits to Strawberry Point and the Museum's aircraft collection, and hands-on activities for children will also be included. This event is made possible thanks to the support of the Baltimore County Executive, the County Council and the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences and the Marion I. and Henry J.. Knott Foundation.
2) Flying High Wednesdays
For children 6 years to 11 years old, we offer special weekday fun with flying events.
Our summer Flying High Wednesdays on July 8 and August 12 from 10am - 2pm are filled with more hands-on activities in the Museum's new Aerospace Learning Center, a visit to the Museum's aircraft and flying stories and songs. The Program fee for this event is $6 per child and $3 for adults.
Reservations are needed for all of these events. For reservations, call the Museum's Education Department at 410-682-6122.
Birthday Party Fun at the Museum
Our "Up, Up and Away" 3 hour birthday package, 11am - 2pm on Saturdays, includes two hours of engaging activities and one hour in our party area for cake eating and gift opening. Your children will be flying high with excitement as they enjoy their personally lead visit to Strawberry Point and their staff-lead activity fun in the Museum's new Learning Center.
Reservations are needed: call 410-682-6122 or Email birthdays@marylandaviationmuseum.org
For the warmer weather months of April - October, select one of two airfield experiences at Strawberry Point for the first segment of your visit:
1) Welcome Aboard
Your party will enjoy an imaginary trip with role-playing fun on the Museum's 404, a 1950's airliner. Your birthday child and his guests will board our plane, greeted by a Stewardess and Captain. As guests take their seats, the birthday child becomes the co-pilot and will assist the crew with their duties as the flight prepares for "take-off". The passengers will learn about flight experiences before the age of audio and visual technology experiences found on 2008 air flights. Although our plane does not actually move and take-off, the children will enjoy the imaginary flight without leaving the ground, including receiving barf bags for those bumpy flights. For children who have never been in a plane, this is a good introductory experience for introducing the fun of flying. (In the event of a downpour of rain, or rain with lightning and thunder, making it unsafe to get the children into the 404 airliner, an activity in the Learning Center will be substituted)
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2) Fighter Jet Flyer
Your children will enjoy an up-close-and personal, on-the-ground experience as the birthday child becomes leader and the guests become a team of pilots on a special mission.Each of them will get to sit in the pilot's seat of one of our jets. As they climb the stairs to the top of jet, and are assisted into the pilot's seat, they will see the view pilots see when they take control of the jet and get it into the air. (in the event of rain, an indoor experience will be substituted for this event)
For November - March and inclement warm weather days when the flight line experiences are not possible, the first segment will include a ride down to the airfield for a visit to the aircraft and an indoor design and fly experience with a flying model aircraft and other hands-on indoor flying demonstrations.
The second segment of all parties will include assigning the children to jobs on an aircraft assembly line where they make a take-home flying craft and participate in aviation games. Flying fun down our indoor runway in pedal planes is included for younger children. A party for an older child includes flight simulators.
Also included in each party package:
Plates, napkins, cups, utensils, table covers
Invitations
Thank you notes
Decorated party area with gift and eating tables
Aviation- themed party favor boxes for each young guest
Party coordinator
Maximum guests included in package: 12 children and 18 adults
Packaged fee: $275 for members
$300 for non-members
Additional children fee: $15 per child
Additional adults fee: $3 per adult
Optional supplies-
Astronaut, space age ice cream - $3 per child
Food - The party organizers provide their own food and cake. As freezers are not available on site, please do not bring ice cream cakes. We can supply you with contact information of area pizza and fast food places.
To schedule a party, contact the Education Department at 410-682-6122 or e-mail to GLMMuseumPR@aol.com.
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