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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

What's Happening at the Chanute Air Museum

Visit the museum during one of these special event days.
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               During the following school holidays, all students accompanied          by a parent will be admitted free.  Come and enjoy a day off from          school at the fantastic Chanute Air Museum.
 
                  Martin Luther King Birthday
                  President's Day
                  Casimir Pulaski Day
                  Memorial Day
                  Labor Day
                  Columbus Day
 
 
 
                                                                    Community Days
 
                  June 1-August 31; We will offer half-price
                   Admission for communities  through out 
                   Champaign County. Visitors must provide
                  proof of residence for:
                 
 
                  MONDAYS           Champaign

                  TUESDAYS          Urbana

                  WEDNESDAYS    Rantoul

                  THURSDAYS       Gifford, Fisher, and Mahomet 
 
                  FRIDAYS              All other Champaign County
                                               Communities
                                                                                       
                             JUNE 2009
 
  • June 6 -- Hanging at the Hangar Dance, D-Day Dance at the Chanute Aviation Center Hangar, featuring the Bud Vandiver Band at 5:00, Sande Hackel Band at 7:00pm.  Adults $10.00  The Museum will be open from 5-8:30.
  • June 8-12 -- Aviation Camp -- Grades 6-12
  • June 17 -- Brown Bag Series - 11:30am-1:00pm  "The Hundred Year Life of the B-52"   Presented by Executive Director, Hal Loebach.  No Charge
  • June 22-26 -- Camp Invention -- Grades K-6
  • June 27 -- Family Movie Night at the Museum.  6:30pm Free Admission,  All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Movie: "Secrets of Narnia; the Lion, the witch, and the Wardrobe" 




                                                       JULY 2009
  • July 4 -- Free Admission to Veterans
  • July 15 -- Brown Bag Series - 11:30am-1:00pm  "The Wright Flyer" Presented by Education Director, Jim Eldridge No Charge
  • July 17-19 -- Scout Space Jamboree
  • July  25 -- Family Movie Night at the Museum.  6:30pm Free Admission,  All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Movie: "the Incredables"



                                                                 AUGUST 2009

  • August 19 -- Brown Bag Series - 11:30am-1:00pm  "The Legacy of the 99th Pursuit Squadron"Presented by Executive Director, Hal Loebach.   No Charge
  • August 22 -- Family Movie Night at the Museum.  6:30pm Free Admission,  All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Movie: "Cars" 
  • August 27-30 -- Half Century of Progress, on the airport grounds
                                                                 September 2009
  • September11-13 -- Scout jamboree
  • September 16 -- Brown Bag Series, 11:30-1:00 TBA, Admission is Free
  • September 25-27 -- Illini Country Stitchers Quilt Show

                                                                     October 2009
  • October 21 -- Brown Bag Series, 11:30-1:00 TBA, Admission is Free
  • October 24 -- Haunted Museum, 5-8:30pm, Adults $10, Children $5, Family $25
               
                                                                     November 2009

  • November 18 --Brown Bag Series, 11:30-1:00 TBA, Admission is Free
  • November 26 -- Thanksgiving Day -- closed
  • November 29 -- Opening of the Festival of Trees, Special Admission Rates, Call for Tree sponsorship Details

                            December 2009
 
  • December 6 -- Closing of the Festival of Trees
  • December 16 -- Brown Bag Series, 11:30-1:00 TBA, Admission is Free
  • December 25 -- Christmas Day -- Closed
  • December 31 -- New Years Eve -- Museum Closes at 2:00pm
 

 

For more information on a particular event, or to set up your own event at the museum,
call us at 1-877-RANTOUL or email us.

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