The Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation opened the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum April 14 in Atchison, Kansas.
The museum features Muriel – the world’s last remaining Lockhead Electra 10-E aircraft. Named after Earhart’s younger sister, Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey, Muriel is identical to the plane Earhart flew on her final flight around the world.
The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum features a gift shop, which is open to the public, no ticket required.
The gift shop features a lot of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) souvenirs as well as puzzles, games, keychains and apparel. The shop also makes sure to stock scarves since Earhart was known to have frequently wore scarves, according to Jacque Pregont, treasurer of the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation.
The new museum’s gift shop area is small – only 250 square feet – but it’s a hit with visitors.
“If I had to do it over again, we’d have more room, because we’re selling so much for the amount of square footage that we have that it’s hard to keep things stocked, which is a wonderful problem to have,” Pregont says.
