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A museum dedicated to models and model building?

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 8:33 AM

The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) has such a museum for flying model airplanes.  It is an older org than IPMS, but it shows what can be done.  Of course, dues are higher for AMA than IPMS, and I would assume that if IPMS ever advocated such a museum, they'd have to raise dues also, or do some other form of fundraising.  Buildings are not cheap.  But it seems to me as if IPMS would be the natural organization to do it.

 

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Posted by Aaronw on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 10:44 PM
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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 10:27 PM

In the 1970s there was a place like that called Pilot Hobby in Chicago, Il .

The business owners didn't intend to be a museum, they just accumulated a lot of old kits from being in business a long time.

Unfortunately, the old, collectible stuff was sold off by the son-in-law in the 1980s and the dusty old 1950s and 1960s era display models were sold when the place was closed a few years ago.

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Posted by SprueOne on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:54 PM

sounds like you're describing the internet Wink 

or the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, which would be awesome. A museum institute dedicated to plastic scale model history, fame, rock stars ... etc, would be an interesting place to visit. 

 

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A museum dedicated to models and model building?
Posted by CBHusky on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:16 PM

Chances are, I've been drinking too much Mountain Dew tonight and this may sound odd, but what if there was a museum dedicated to the history and showcasing of everything that had to do with model kits? Things like:
* Showcasing the history of box art.
* Showcasing and telling about how model kits are produced.
* A "research library" in the museum where the public could browse through hundreds or thousands of books and magazines on armor, ships, model building techniques, etc.
* Special rooms or galleries dedicated to Scratchbuilding, Tools & Supplies, World War 1, World War II, Armor, Spacecraft, Dioramas, Ships, etc., etc., etc.
* A gift shop where the public could buy kits, supplies, and souveniers.
* A special room or gallery to hold donated finished models from people's collections when they die or something else.
* A trader's area or "spare parts swap shop".
* A large room to hold annual contests.
..........etc., etc., etc.

There are big and small museums all over the U.S. and the world dedicated to all sorts of subjects like Pokemon, Kites, Coca-Cola, etc. Why not a plastic model kit museum? What if the modelers of the world could do something to preserve the hobby for future generations to enjoy?

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