Aviation Museum of Kentucky

Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Established 1995
Location Blue Grass Airport,
Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°02′14″N 84°36′00″W / 38.0373599°N 84.5999958°W / 38.0373599; -84.5999958
Type Aviation museum
Public transit access Lextran Route 21
Website www.aviationky.org

The Aviation Museum of Kentucky is an aviation museum located at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Incorporated in April 1995, and opened to the public in August of the same year, it includes 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of exhibit space, a library, and an aircraft restoration and repair shop.

Historic airplanes, photos, documents and training equipment are all included in the museum's permanent collection. A great number of the items from the museum's original displays were donated from the personal collections of members of the Kentucky Aviation History Roundtable. The Roundtable is a local group of aviation enthusiasts, founded in 1978, who first came up with the idea of a permanent aviation museum at the Blue Grass Airport.

As a part of its collection, the museum displays both military and civilian aircraft. Detailing aviation history, the museum houses aircraft ranging from restored barnstormers and vintage airliners, to historic warbirds and flyable aircraft from today.

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