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Texas Museum Plays Hide-and-Seek with Aviation History

The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston turns to strategically placed, aviation-themed stuffed animals as a way to connect with its pint-size visitors.

The Fairchild on display at the Lone Star Flight Museum was a 2023 EAA AirVenture Lindy Award winner. [Courtesy: Meg Godlewski]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Aviation museums face the challenge of making complex aircraft displays relatable and engaging for children.
  • The Lone Star Flight Museum addresses this by deploying aviation-themed stuffed animals in display aircraft as part of an interactive "hide-and-seek" game.
  • This game provides hints to guide children (1st-3rd graders) to the aircraft, encouraging them to explore exhibits and learn about aviation history from accompanying informational displays in an entertaining manner.
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If you want children to get the most out of a visit to an aviation museum, you need to make the facility relatable. That can be awfully challenging because aircraft can be so complicated that even adults are intimidated. 

The education department at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston recognized this and has deployed a cadre of aviation-themed stuffed animals strategically placed in display aircraft to help reach its younger visitors. 

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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