Malmstrom Museum

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

Malmstrom Museum
Malmstrom Museum is located in Montana
Malmstrom Museum
Location within Montana
Established3 July 1982 (1982-07-03)
LocationGreat Falls, Montana
Coordinates47.5065°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)

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. 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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