Comments on: Why Your Airport Needs a Museum

By: deven

deven — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:42:41 +0000

HI. THIS IS DEVEN HERE, FROM INDIA. I am an architect and an interior designer by profession. I have done my design thesis of my post graduation on the same topic recently. Proposed an aviation museum in an almost abandoned beautiful airport building. I just loved to read your thoughts here, its like someone in some part of the word has an exact same thought process. would love to show you my work. Kindly connect if possible. cheers!!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:00:43 +0000

The best way to way to keep your traveler entertained, is always hands-on experiences. Having worked in airports for almost half my life, I see that the kids are always left out. Airplanes, baggage tugs, etc are always the highlight of a child’s experience. Help each parent out, by creating a museum that will engage not only the adult, but enlighten the child’s imagination. Create the day in the life of the airport worker and let the kids engage, not only the children. Create a lifelike flight deck, have a hands on reservation computer where you can building the trip of a lifetime. Print out boarding passes, watch your bags travel on a conveyor belt. The ideas are limitless. During those lengthy delays, you can create on a big screen your ideal vacation detestation, and build your trip from point A to point B, and anything in between. Be the Pilot, be the ramp worker, be the Agent, or just be the traveler. Work together and create the vacation of a lifetime while you wait to get to yours!

By: Ole Rokholt

Ole Rokholt — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 08:15:05 +0000

Great Idea! We have original Munch paintings and Lithostones rotating on display in a climatized display case at the OSL airport in Oslo. Small Exhibition, but enjoyable for travellers with some extra time in between tax free
sales and coffeeshop. And a “live” poster ad for the Munch Museum.
https://finalcall.travel/no/edvard-munch-stilles-pa-oslo-lufthavn/

By: Beena

Beena — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:56:49 +0000

Surprised to see that SFO Museum has not been mentioned. They are the only AAM accredited museum in an airport.

By: Carole Baker

Carole Baker — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:10:30 +0000

People passing through the airport in Nashville, TN don’t get a sense of the history of the city, much less the airport. The airport is on its 3rd terminal, which is under going expansion. The original terminal and airport went back to WWII and served as a military stop over before becoming a civilian airfield after the war. There are photos of that first terminal and the old “prop jobs” that serviced it in the archives. I would love to see that part of the city’s history permanently displayed in the main terminal, preferably where the majority of travelers could see it. Aviation buffs would love it.

By: Alison Montillet

Alison Montillet — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:08:47 +0000

A few years ago the National Museum of Australia installed one of their vehicles at the Canberra Airport (https://www.canberraairport.com.au/news/i-like-aeroplane-jelly/). It’s a great way to create a “teaser”, especially for travelers who are disembarking, not transiting through the airport. It also frees up collection storage space, especially if the objects are large and shares the collection with a wider audience. From a nerdy collection management point of view, my only concern would be vibrations from landing airplanes for more fragile objects, but this is easily solved be replacing objects by replicas or a photograph.

By: CMN

CMN — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:57:20 +0000

In reply to Michael Alexis.

Here’s information about all the art (and history) exhibitions at the Atlanta airport, some permanent and some changing: http://www.atl.com/about-atl/airport-art-program/

By: CMN

CMN — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:24:14 +0000

In reply to Michael Alexis. The stunning Zimbabwean sculpture exhibition is in the underground walkway between concourses T and A. The rainforest walkway is between A and B, and then there's also a fantastic exhibition on the history of Atlanta in the walkway between B and C. If you have time between flights, definitely use the walkways instead of taking the tram between concourses.

By: Michael Alexis

Michael Alexis — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:33:58 +0000

In reply to Amy P.. Thanks for the link + wow on $4 million investment!

By: Michael Alexis

Michael Alexis — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:31:23 +0000

In reply to RD. Beautiful! And exciting that the NYT wrote about it. Thanks RD!