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15NEWS FROM THE FRONT
FORD TRI-MOTOR RIDES
Rides in the Ford Tri-Motor have concluded for the 2024 Season!
Please check back for 2025 dates!
Dates for 2025
Questions?
Call: 419 - 732 - 0234
Email: marketing@libertyaviationmuseum.org
THE LIBERTY AVIATION MUSEUM & PX GIFT SHOP
CURRENT HOURS
PLEASE NOTE: Tin Goose Diner Hours are NOT the same as the museum & gift shop hours
Museum & Gift Shop OPEN by appointment only starting January 1st - March 19th, 2025
To schedule an appointment for outside of business hours, during our seasonal closure, for a conference room, diner, or hangar booking, or for a group tour, call 419 - 732 - 0234 ext. 202 or message events@libertyaviationmuseum.org
Re-opening to Spring Hours on Thursday, March 20th.
Spring Hours for The Liberty Aviation Museum & Liberty Aviation Museum PX Gift Shop:
Thursday & Friday: 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm.
Open by appt only Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday until May 1st, 2025.
After May 1st, 2025, Museum & Gift Shop Hours:
Open 7 days.
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
We welcome all service animals and leashed pets in the museum.
Service animals are only permitted inside the Tin Goose Diner, but we do welcome all leashed pets on our patio!
We are also handicap accessible throughout our entire facility! We are located all on one level with no stairs!
TIN GOOSE DINER Current Hours
The Tin Goose Diner is CLOSED for the Season. Reopening in the Spring of 2025. Date TBA.
Welcome! Fly-in or Drive-in to visit us!
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Breakfast served only until 11am. Lunch 11am-3pm.
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Hours:
Diner CLOSED starting
December 23rd, 2024 - Spring 2025 (Date: TBA)
CLOSED Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Day.
Upcoming News
Check Back for New Events for 2025!
CLICK HERE to view our 2024/2025 Schedule of Events or click on the "Events" tab above!
CLOSED Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Day.
Book Your Field Trip or Group Outing with us!!
The Liberty Aviation Museum offers a unique educational experience, welcoming students & adults of all ages to visit us and experience history. The museum provides a rare opportunity to take learning out of the classroom and into our 80,000 sq. ft. complex. The museum features 2 galleries, 2 hangars, a conference room, a 1950's vintage diner, & a boathouse along with a 3rd hangar being built currently. (Our complex is soon to be 100,000 sq. ft. by Dec 2025.)
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Sunday, December 15th Breakfast with Santa at The Liberty Aviation Museum!
Event Hours: 8:00am - 10:00am
Pricing:
Adults: $11.00
Children 14 yrs & Up: $11.00
Children 6 yrs - 13 yrs: $8.00
Children 5 yrs & under: FREE
Presales are available & event day ticketing available.
All children participating in the breakfast will receive a gift from Santa! Advance tickets are on sale. Tickets will not be mailed. The purchaser's name will be on the will call list.
A limited number of tickets will also be sold on event day. All tickets include FREE admission to the Liberty Aviation Museum!
The Liberty Aviation Museum PX Gift Shop will be offering a special 20% off sale ! Guests save 20% on their entire purchase excluding red tagged/dot Ford Tri-Motor merchandise
benefiting the Island Airlines Ford Tri-Motor restoration in the museum's second hangar.
Click Here to Purchase Advance Tickets for Breakfast With Santa.
Sunday, December 15th Santa Fly-In!
11:00am - 1:00pm
Can't make it to the Breakfast with Santa event?! Come watch Santa fly in (weather permitting) for FREE! Even if the weather is not ideal, Santa will still be here to greet children!
Santa will be visiting children after flying in in the museum's main hangar! (Yes, it's heated!) There is NO charge to come and see Santa when he flies in!! Tuskegee Airman Harold H. Brown Memorial The Liberty Aviation Museum, located in Port Clinton, Ohio, has an opportunity for you to honor one of the most
important and influential men in the military and education, Lt. Col. Harold H. Brown. As one of the Tuskegee Airmen, Harold H. Brown made history as a combat pilot during World War II. He was not
only an airman, but also as an educator; one of the fathers of the two-year college option, giving young students new
confidence toward stellar careers. Harold passed away in 2023 at the age of 98, but his legacy lives on.
The Liberty Aviation Museum features:
- WWII Aircraft
- 1928 Ford Tri-Motor (Offering Living History Flight Experiences)
- Local aviation & Military History Exhibits
- WWII American & German Military Vehicles
- Classic Cars
- Vintage fire trucks
- WWII Sherman Tank
- WWII PT boat restoration
- 1929 Ford Tri-Motor restoration
- Hollywood Memorabilia
and more!
And the best part is that the majority of our aircraft, vehicles, and tanks are operational during the Spring - Fall seasons during special events!
At times during the season, groups can also take flights in visiting aircraft or helicopters or the museum owned & operated historic 1928 Ford Tri-Motor "City of Wichita"/"City of Port Clinton"! Group rates are available for 10 or more for the Tri-Motor rides!
Docent-guided and self-guided tours are available. The tour lasts about 2 hours depending on a group's time schedules.
Complimentary admission for the school/tour bus driver & educator or tour director guide with tour company.
To schedule or for more information regarding an educational field trip or guided group tour for 10+ guests,
please call Jim Priebe at 419-732-0234 ext 202 or message events@libertyaviationmuseum.org
To purchase tickets in advance for the Breakfast, click the link below
Special 20% sales in the Liberty Aviation Museum PX Gift Shop! Sale excludes red tagged/dot Ford Tri-Motor merchandise
benefiting the Ford Tri-Motor restoration in the museum's second hangar.
Everyone welcome!
Scholarship
Now, The Liberty Aviation Museum and you have the honor and opportunity to help preserve Harold's legacy by donating to the Harold H. Brown Tuskegee Airman Memorial Scholarship.
Liberty Aviation Museum has joined the Museums For All access program!
To learn more about Museums for All, please visit www.museums4all.org
Liberty Aviation Museum & PX Gift Shop Hours
CURRENT HOURS
The Liberty Aviation Museum & PX Gift Shop is OPEN by appointment only beginning January 1st and until March 19th, 2025
CLOSED Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Day.
To schedule an appointment outside of business hours, a facility rental, or a group tour, please call 419-732-0234 ext. 202 or message events@libertyaviationmuseum.org
Hogan's Heroes TV Show Original Uniform & Prop Collection
Hogan's Heroes Display
When you visit the Liberty Aviation Museum, you will see one of many unique items from Hollywood! We have the Hogan's Heroes TV Show uniform & prop collection on display as well as Clark Gable's WWII service uniform, Alan Alda's robe from the TV series, M*A*S*H , a replica of The Andy Griffith Show police car, Lt. Dan's (Gary Sinise) military helmet from the movie Forrest Gump , a chair from the movie Casablanca , & more!
Tin Goose Diner Hours
CLOSED For the Season. Reopening in the Spring of 2025. Date TBA.
Welcome! Fly-in or Drive-in to visit us!
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Breakfast served only until 11am. Lunch 11am-3pm.
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Diner CLOSED starting
December 23rd, 2024 - Spring 2025 (Date TBA) Please always check before traveling long distances out.)
CLOSED on Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Day. Now Hiring all positions for Spring 2025! Contact The Liberty Aviation Museum at 419-732-0234, message us at operations@libertyaviationmuseum.org if you are interested in applying.
Special event rentals are welcome. Contact Jim at events@libertyaviationmuseum.org
Georgie's Gal Hoodies and more, now available in our online store!
The Liberty Aviation Museum currently has openings for several internship opportunities.
Please see our intern application page for further information and to apply for a position online.
Corvettes at the Museum
June 18, 2016
Doolittle Congressional Medal Presentation
April 22, 2016
CAF Red Tail Squadron
"Rise Above" Exhibit
September 16 - 20, 2015
Wings and Warbirds Over Port Clinton
August 22 & 23, 2015
July Hangar Dance
July 3, 2015
Corvettes at the Museum
June 20, 2015
Second Annual Aviation Merit Badge Scout Camporee
May 15 - 16, 2015
TBM Avenger Reunion Photos
September 27, 2014
When visiting the museum, be sure to dine at this fully restored, vintage 1950's Tin Goose Diner. All proceeds from this diner help fund the operation of the Liberty Aviation Museum.
Go to the Tin Goose Diner website . . .
The Liberty Aviation Museum is also home to the Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation's 1929 Island Airlines Ford Tri-Motor restoration project.
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