Special Programs
The EAA AirVenture Museum has a variety of optional activities. One can participate in a variety of activities such as paper airplane contests or model rocket construction. Also, anyone that is in the scouting program can earn their badges with multiple activities the museum puts on.
The museum contributes planes and funds to sponsor the EAA AirVenture event held throughout the summer. Many of the museum's planes are on display or flown in during the air shows during the event. The EAA AirVenture event started in Milwaukee at about the same time as the EAA AirVenture Museum opened up. After a couple of years, the event brought in so many people that they had to move the event to Oshkosh. It is a week long event in the middle of summer and it brings in thousands of people. Air shows, hundreds of planes, and many other attractions keep the tourists coming back for more each year.
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