A few months ago, I made a date-jar. A jar filled with lolly-pop sticks, each with a date night idea written on it, opening times and the price of each activity, funny though, it was only this past weekend that we actually DID something from the jar – and the choice wasn’t at random, it was a specific lolly-pop stick that I wanted us to try out, especially cause, as Col pointed out, the media told him that it was husband appreciation day – and I knew he’d appreciate the choice.
The 1940’s Air terminal museum.
“The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is housed in the original art-deco Houston Municipal Airport building at present-day William P. Hobby Airport. The Museum showcases the rich heritage of civil aviation, including the airlines, general aviation and business aviation. Exhibits include Houston’s fascinating aviation history”.
For an admission of only $5 pp, I thought it was a great choice to start with. Cheap, a nice drive away (the weather was perfect) and we were up at a reasonable enough hour to actually enjoy our Saturday – instead of sleeping through it, as we may have been known to do on occasion.
When we arrived, we signed the guest book, paid admission and serendipitously met one of the volunteers at the museum, Geoff Scripture. He talked to us for over a half hour about the history of the museum, he talked us through it’s creation, development, growth and eventual ‘retirement’ – he was wonderfully educated and was a great story teller, I found it all very interesting indeed.
“A visit to the Museum also affords a front row vantage point to Hobby Airport’s diverse airport operations. Between airline traffic, business aviation and frequent fixed wing and rotary wing general aviation traffic, the Museum has an air show every day.”
We had a lot of fun and because it was the 3rd weekend of the month, it was, what they call ‘Wings and Wheels’, featuring static displays of airplanes and automobiles, and is one of the museums fundraisers. Food is provided by a drive-up food vendor or cooked in-house.
We got there too late for the food (though after the stupidly bad experience we had at a local restaurant I kinda wish we’d thought to eat at the museum) and for most of the Wheels and Wings bit, but the museum itself had plenty to look at and read and standing outside watching the planes take off and land was lots of fun and both Col and I were very glad we found this little gem!
Operating hours & admission
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is open to the public between the hours of:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday
The Museum is closed on Mondays.
Admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children.
Wings & Wheels Ticket prices: $7 Adults, $3 Kids (12 and under) Wings & Wheels ticket price includes: static aircraft tours, special programs in the Starliner Theater, museum tours, and admission to the museum.
Let me know if you check it out!