Read more about the article Lone Star Flight Museum – Houston, TX

Lone Star Flight Museum – Houston, TX

Located at Ellington Field, the Lone Star Flight Museum is a new addition to Houston tourist destinations. The museum focuses on Texas’ role in aviation history and includes the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. Not too far from NASA’s Johnson Space Center, it’s easy to tour both in one day.

Aircraft Displays

Two hangars flank the main entrance hall and the theater featuring an introduction to the museum. We started with the Heritage Hangar to the right of the theater where about a dozen early aircraft welcomed us.

The museum opened in the fall of 2017 so everything was new and shiny. The planes were in a similar condition. I’ll just say upfront that I’m not an aviation buff. However, the mint condition these planes exhibited impressed me. I walked by most of the exhibits until a commercial airplane peaked my interest. (more…)

Read more about the article National Center for Civil & Human Rights – Atlanta, GA
A new museum for downtown Atlanta

National Center for Civil & Human Rights – Atlanta, GA

Opened in 2014, the National Center for Civil & Human Rights is one of Atlanta’s newest museums. In response to Pepsi sponsoring Super Bowl LIII right here in Coca-Cola’s home city, the Coca-Cola Foundation gave a $1 million grant providing free admission to the museum for the entire month of February. Not just Super Bowl weekend. Not just for visitors to Atlanta. It’s for everyone for the entire month.

Visitors enter on the second floor of the museum after going through a security checkpoint. Typically, they explore the second floor civil rights exhibit, then follow upstairs to the human rights exhibit. Because larger than average crowds, museum staff told us to start either on the first or third floors. (more…)