Malmstrom Museum
Malmstrom Museum is located in Montana
Malmstrom Museum
Location within Montana
Established3 July 1982 (1982-07-03)
LocationGreat Falls, Montana
Coordinates47°30′23″N 111°12′00″W / 47.5065°N 111.2000°W / 47.5065; -111.2000
TypeMilitary aviation museum
Founder
  • Dane H. Donnelly[1]
  • Gerald Hanson[2]
  • Bary Poletto[3]
WebsiteOfficial website (Archived)

The Malmstrom Museum is an aviation museum located at Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls, Montana.

History

The museum was dedicated on 3 July 1982, at the time being housed in two trailers previously used as classrooms on the base.[4] In 1989 it received a P-63 restoration project from the New England Air Museum.[5] The museum closed for renovations in 1996 and reopened two and a half years later in a larger building.[6]

Exhibits

Dodge Power Wagon ambulance

Displays at the museum include a launch control center from a ballistic missile silo, a mockup of a World War II barracks, a model airplane collection, an AIR-2 missile, and a core memory element of a FSQ-7 computer.[7][8][9]

On display outside are a totem pole, a LGM-30G missile, a missile transport vehicle, an MPS-9 radar trailer, a Dodge Power Wagon ambulance, a Peacekeeper armored vehicle, and a 1947 Ford.[8]

Collection

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dane H. Donnelly". Great Falls Tribune. 23 October 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Malmstrom Museum Preserves Base's Past". Great Falls Tribune. 23 October 1992. p. 31. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bary Poletto". Great Falls Tribune. 25 January 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Military Memorabilia Found in Museum". Great Falls Tribune. 3 October 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Vintage Plane Rolls in for Refurbishing". Great Falls Tribune. 24 May 1989. p. 1C. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Donnelly, Benjamin (11 April 1999). "Malmstrom Museum Highlights Base's Varied Missions". Great Falls Tribune. p. 4M. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Inbody, Kristen (15 April 2019). "How (and why) to visit the Malmstrom Museum". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 White, Dillon (19 February 2008). "Where we were: Take a trip back in time today". Malmstrom Air Force Base. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Mansch, Scott (22 April 2019). "Mansch: Poletto Collection a bit of a hidden treasure at Great Falls airport". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1F Iroquois, s/n 65-7956 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter, s/n 53-0360 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed T-33, s/n 57-0574 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Rice, Ronald J. (21 May 1989). "Malmstrom Museum Gets Ready for Visitors". Great Falls Tribune. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - English Electric-Martin B-57B, s/n 52-1505 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-101F Voodoo, s/n 59-0419 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  16. ↑ Rice, Ronald J. (28 August 1982). "'Reunion' is Surprise to Pilot". Great Falls Tribune. p. 1-A. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - North American TB-25M Mitchell, s/n 44-30493 USAAF, c/r N9451Z". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Republic F-84F-55-RE Thunderstreak, s/n 52-6969 USAF, c/r N84JW". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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