A visit to the Amelia Earhart Museum in Atchison, Kansas not only brings one closer to the aviation pioneer but also to life in Kansas in the early 1900s.
Amelia Earhart was one of the early celebrities of aviation, probably the most famous female aviator even today. She was the first person to fly from Hawaii to the United States, first person to fly from Mexico City to Newark, and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She died as she attempted to be the first to fly around-the-world at the equator. On July 2, 1937, 22,000 miles into her trip, her aircraft vanished as she travelled over the Pacific Ocean.
The Amelia Earhart Museum Birthplace is very peaceful place to visit and reflect on the accomplishments of Amelia Earhart. After being purchased in the late 1980’s, the international women’s pilot organization, The Ninety-Nines, restored the home to the early 1900s time period to reflect Earhart’s childhood days. The various rooms of the home are decorated to reflect what they may have looked like as she grew up overlooking the Missouri River.
In the museum are plenty of artifacts, reproductions, and information about Amelia Earhart’s life. There are also many different mementos of the celebrity status that Earhart enjoyed and the evidences of the icon she had become.
Visiting the home is a once in a lifetime experience. And I recommend it as a place to visit when you are in the area, to spend some time getting to know the hero that any have been inspired by through the years.