Mitchell Gallery of Flight in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A small museum worth seeing if you find yourself at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. There’s a small case commemorating Milwaukee’s contribution to an experiment flown aboard the shuttle Columbia in 1986.
But the important stuff is in a case dedicated to Jim Lovell, who grew up in Milwaukee. They’ve got two items brought to the moon on Apollo 8 – a Wisconsin State flag, and a crew-used flashlight. Also, a flown checklist from Apollo 13. Finally, they have models of Gemini and Apollo spacecraft.
If you’re stuck at the airport anyway, check it out!
Mitchell Gallery of Flight
5300 S. Howell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207
414-747-4503
