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Philip Member Posts: 6306 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 03-13-2025 01:09 PM Besides these two, are there other astronaut-dedicated museums? Thomas Stafford Stafford Air & Space Museum, Weatherford, Oklahoma Neil Armstrong Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1503 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007	posted 03-13-2025 01:34 PM Deke Slayton Deke Slayton Space & Bicycle Memorial Museum, Sparta, Wisconsin Gus Grissom Grissom Air Museum, Peru, Indiana Gus Grissom Spring Mill State Park Memorial, Mitchell, Indiana
Zoo Keeper Member Posts: 62 From: Registered: Feb 2021	posted 03-13-2025 02:38 PM McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire The Space Museum and Grissom Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Dedicated Frank Borman gallery "The Borman Collection") Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois (Dedicated Jim Lovell gallery "Mission Moon") Cernan Earth and Space Center in River Grove, Illinois Apart from the question asked, there are also museums that are not solely dedicated to an astronaut but have a large focus on one individual (e.g. Wheeler Historical Museum for Alan Bean), astronaut house museums (e.g. John and Annie Glenn Museum), museums that feature an astronaut's name as a result of its location more so than its area of focus (e.g. Grissom Air Museum), museums founded by astronauts (e.g. Heritage Flight Museum by Bill Anders), museums dedicated to a group of astronauts from a specific region (e.g. Michigan Heroes Museum), and museums that would have applied to the question but have since closed (e.g. the Dale A. Gardner Aerospace Museum).
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5435 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-13-2025 03:03 PM Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center in Kona, Hawaii
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 54202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-13-2025 03:35 PM quote: Originally posted by Zoo Keeper: Dedicated Frank Borman gallery... The EAA Museum also has a gallery devoted to Joe Engle and a dedicated section for Mike Melvill.

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