I had no idea this closed and I've lived here for six years! I can't believe I didn't go visit.
Surely there is enough money in this city of Houston between airlines that operate here and the oil companies that they spend most of your ticket money on to keep this open?
It really was/is a gem of a museum, very fun to visit and quite approachable. We went a couple times, once when they had some fly-ins that made it extra special.
The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K.
To anyone for whom Houston is a bit too far of a drive (plus the fact that the museum now seems closed), but Cincinnati is not: Union Terminal is another beautiful example of art deco.
I had no idea this closed and I've lived here for six years! I can't believe I didn't go visit.
Surely there is enough money in this city of Houston between airlines that operate here and the oil companies that they spend most of your ticket money on to keep this open?
It really was/is a gem of a museum, very fun to visit and quite approachable. We went a couple times, once when they had some fly-ins that made it extra special.
Hopefully it can be preserved and continue it's life! There is hope: https://www.1940airterminal.org/news/texas-historical-commis...
I don’t see why they couldn’t make ends meet with events and so on.
There shouldn’t be any huge expenses, unless they were leasing the premises at market rate.
I believe that if we all collectively lowball them, they will drop the price to be lower than $20k.
It is unfortunate to see any museum close. I hope their assessment from the Texas Historical Commission succeeds!
I have been to this museum, it is nice. If anyone can support it, please look into it and do so. Thank you.
The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6...
Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.
Usagi Electric is in Texas. He could make use of that thing.
Side note: what a stunning art deco (?) building! (There's a photo on the front page of the site.)
To anyone for whom Houston is a bit too far of a drive (plus the fact that the museum now seems closed), but Cincinnati is not: Union Terminal is another beautiful example of art deco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Union_Terminal
I spent hours photographing in there last summer. Free tours available which will take you into some of the back offices with more art deco goodness.
Museum photos caption: "asdfsd"
20k is not bad for an airplane geek. I wish I had space for these.