mid-america air museum

michaelwP6928FH

Came here last year with the family who liveIn Liberal. Came back with my family again since some had never been here. We are not airplane fanatics; however, we enjoyed the museum. Yes, it is dated, but the history of aviation in America all started here for the most part with the founders of the Steerman, the Cessna and Boeings all being here together in the early 1900's. No, you won't see the Wright Bro's plane but the "history" that this place had on American aviation is very interesting and so my vote is to come see it. Very, very inexpensive and worth coming to. You can't go outside to see the planes due to the fact this is the airport runway for Liberal. You can't have people walking around in part of the the runway where planes are taking off and landing. Today, they also had another exhibit on Megalodons (sharks) in part of the museum. The city needs to step up and get money in here to fund this museum appropriately. I can see if your thing is "airplanes" that you might think this is not up to speed, but for those of us who aren't all hyped up on planes, then this is great!! Come spend an hour and visit this museum.

988karync

The wife of the reverend with her (at time) age five year old or six year old son from Liberal KANSAS Church of te Nazarene take me here! Five dollar for out of town, out of state people, think regular Adult price was $7.00! Lots aircraft! There was even one where Ryan (remember kindergarten so age five or six) wanted climb in, we each take turn being captain and passenger! Me, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Liberal, where local time is (such and such), weather is very rainy, wnds south west seven miles an hour! Enjoy your visit with Dorothy and Toto!" The mother knew I used to flying by listening to this! His turn, "Ah Captain, where are we going?" Him, "We going to United States of America," I say to the mother, "Well, I guess that takes care all of it!" There one area, you touch a button, the air balloon blows up then deflates! Child friendly! Came September 11, 2013 (YES THAT DATE) to September 18, 2013!

classof62

GREAT museum. I can not get enough of it. Was there couple of years ago and already planning on going again in a year or so. If in Liberal it is a have to see museum!

ShooterX

No backpacks allowed in airshow....moderate inconvenience. I understand the importance of patronizing the vendors but no one sells wet wipes, batteries, sunscreen, etc. There was a church inside giving out free bottles water.....definitely a plus !

chuckk262

This was written up as being one of the larger air museums in the country with 100 planes. but when you get there, you find that at least half the planes are more civilian aircraft, Piper's Beechcraft, etc. not military or groundbreaking commercial planes like DC3's. Maybe we're too military oriented but there was not much to learn about many of their planes and so it fell flat for us. The plane writeups were pretty short of information too. It was cheap to get in and we met some nice people there. But other air museums would rank much higher on our list like Dayton, Palm Springs or even the SAC museum in Nebraska. If you're in the area though, it is worth stopping in.

ginae75

I wish I had more aviation knowledge, but it was still a wonderful experience to see all the aircraft. We ran into an employee who let us in the back of the facility to see the planes outside. (Used to be available all the time, but due to no fence, is not open to public unless you have an employee with you.) If you are in Liberal, you should go.

Y6151OYdavidh

It really is amazing what they've collected in this museum. This is definitely worth the trip. The museum sits on a former Army Air Core training facility from WWII. They've done a great job of collecting the history and giving you a feel for what it was like me when they were training bomber pilots. However, they clearly lackm the funding of larger museums. The lighting is very poor and it's hard to take good pictures even with a good camera. They planes are bunched together and you can't walk around most of them. You basically take a "W" shaped path through planes that are parked on top of each other. If you're lucky you can convince on of the curators to take you out on the old runway. They have a few old planes out there as well. Pictures are much better outside. That said, they have some very unique items and clearly have a passion for restoring old items and preserving history.

ND_Baseball_Moms

The number of planes they have is amazing. I wish they could afford to update the facility. Orange bathrooms and faucets that are broken.

556nikkil

The hangers are full of every kind of plane. They even have some still on the flight line out back. If your interested in military planes, early airplanes and even some NASA planes you will enjoy this museum!

378tiffanym

We were on a roadtrip around the Southwest and stopped in Liberal. The Air museum was a great stop! THe staff was very friendly and there were so many airplanes!!!! It was nice hands on when you got to sit in some of the planes. You can take your time going through the museum. It is very clean and a nice local stop.

alimll

I love going to the air museum. They have great hands on exhibits. They have a nice variety of planes.

STEVENS978

We stopped here for break and spent maybe 1 1/2 hours. The fee is minimal and I was really impressed to find such a place in a small Kansas town. If passing through Liberal,KS take the time to see it. There is quite a bit to take in.

MisplacedMinnesotan

The extent of planes on display, both variety and quantity, is very impressive. I have toured this museum several times and always come away impressed. It is one of the "must do" spots when we have visitors from out of town.

MoBBQ

Over 100 planes plus interesting displays from when Liberal was a WW-II flight training base for B-24s. Well worth the $7. Plan on about an hour - maybe more - a lot of civil aircraft but a good number of military too - some Navy WW-II era that you don't see real often. Also several helicopters.

MatthewC573

We had a couple of hours to kill so we stopped in here. Neat airplane museum and the staff was awesome.