Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum

Goal: $200,000.00

Specific Need

Immediate needs:

• Landscaping / hardscaping - beautifying the outside of the historic home / museum. 
• Ongoing inside improvements to the museum, as well as an ongoing maintenance list.

Goal = $200,000

Mission

To restore the Amelia Earhart Birthplace to the time period of her life when she was in the Atchison home and to portray her life and the lives of other women aviators through educational and interpretative exhibits, activities, and events.

Profile

Brief History: Construction of Amelia Earhart's birthplace and childhood home, located at 223 N. Terrace, initially began in 1861. The wood-frame, Gothic Revival cottage is perched high on the west bank of the scenic Missouri River. 

Amelia was born in the home on July 24, 1897 to Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amy Otis Earhart.  Despite living in many different cities, Amelia considered Atchison her hometown, having spent more of her life in the Otis home than anywhere else. The Amelia Earhart Birthplace represents the most tangible remaining link with the famous female aviator.

Dr. Eugene J. Bribach of Atchison, contributed $100,000 to The Ninety-Nines, an International Organization of Women Pilots (to which Amelia not only belonged, but also served as their inaugural president) to assist with the purchase and maintenance of the home.

Dedication: The Ninety-Nines, Inc. and the citizens of Atchison, Kansas dedicate the Amelia Earhart Birthplace to this generation and future generations as a museum. We will continue to restore and preserve the home to the period when Amelia lived here, and to portray her life and those of other women aviators.