The Sheboygan County Aviation Corporation was established in 1998 by a group from EAA Chapter 766. In March 2003, it signed a 50-year lease for a plot of land at the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport and announced plans for a "Gateway to Aviation" project to build an Aviation Welcome Center & Education Facility the following year.[1][2][3]
Establishment
The museum held a ribbon cutting on 18 June 2005 when construction on the Шаблон:Convert building was completed. However, it took another year for the exhibits to be installed before a grand opening occurred on 28 October 2006.[4][5]
Following the start of a fundraising drive the year before, the museum dedicated an exhibit to Hmong pilots in September 2014.[6][7]
The museum hosted an airshow for the first time in July 2016.[8]
The museum purchased a former North Central Airlines DC-3 in 2017.[9]
Facilities
The museum is made up of an exhibition hall, education learning lab, library, hangar and observation areas.[10] It also includes the Kohler Conference Room, which is named for Walter J. Kohler Sr. and Walter J. Kohler, Jr., former governors of Wisconsin who used aircraft in both their public and private lives.[11][12]
The museum hosts an annual T-28 air clinic.[22][12]Шаблон:Efn A Wings and Wheels event sponsored by EAA Chapter 766 also takes place every Father's Day.[23][4]
