Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation

Goal: $8,000.00

Specific Need

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum opened in April 2023 to rave reviews and phenomenal media attention. The museum provides educational field trips and resources for students within a 90-mile radius around Atchison, Kansas. Help provide the opportunity for every child to experience the museum and discover Amelia Earhart's and imagine their own dreams. Donations given during Match Day 2023 will support programming opportunities for school children, and operational needs of the museum to ensure the best experience for all visitors. Stop by our booth at the Match Day event on August 18 to learn more!

Mission

The Foundation was established to educate, inspire and empower all generations in the pursuit of flight. It is dedicated to inspiring future aviation and aerospace leaders through the story of Amelia Earhart’s tenacity and determination to overcome obstacles on her journey to become the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

“Our vision to celebrate Amelia Earhart’s world-renowned legacy to defy the odds and pursue her dreams — and encourage others to do the same — is coming to life.”

— Karen Seaberg, president of the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation

Profile

The Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation honors the world-renowned aviation legacy of Amelia Earhart — whose dreams of flying began in her Atchison, Kansas, hometown. In 2016, the Foundation acquired Muriel — the world’s last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E — an aircraft identical to the model Earhart flew on her final flight, and raised funds to build a 17,000 square-foot hangar and terminal worthy of Amelia’s legacy and reminiscent of the Art Deco style of her time in 1920s and 1930s. The Foundation then led a canpital campaign to create the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum with Muriel as the centerpiece.

Today, visitors can journey through Amelia Earhart’s adventurous life as a trailblazing aviator who defied the odds to pursue her dreams at the newly opened Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum. Since opening in April of this year, over 12,000 visitors have explored the 14 interactive STEM and history storytelling exhibits highlighting Earhart’s extraordinary life — from growing up in Atchison, Kansas, to the height of her worldwide fame as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.