Monthly Blog Assignment February: Define Museum

Hello, everyone. Benny here. Similar to my previous monthly posts, I'll be going over my initial thoughts and observations from whatever specific events(s) I came across. This month's post is pretty much about a question that I usually ask people to define. Once again, if you want a more descriptive paragraph about my mentorship duties, please refer to my Mentorship Log. Other than that, let's get started.

During most of my interviews with people, I ask the question "What do you define a museum as?" And every time I ask that question I always get different responses that are more intricate than a textbook definition. Recently I had the chance to ask a couple of Air Racers and people who work at the museum the same questions. Here are just some of the responses:

Steve Hinton Sr. - 1978, 1985 National Championship Air Races Champion (Unlimited Gold) , formerly the Youngest Pilot to win the National Championship Air Races at age 26, lost the title to his son
A museum is a collection of airplanes that brings living history to people. It respects our veterans. Every airplane has a story and it's not about combat it's about development. It's about where our world is.That's what it is to me.

Steve Hinton Jr. - 2009-2014 National Championship Air Races Champion, Youngest Pilot to win the National Championship Air Races at age 22
A museum is a experience. A place where you can come to experience anything that is that your interested in.

John Maloney - Son of Ed Maloney
Its a museum where things from the past, or present, or future, were actually a kind of past museum for historical airplanes but this museum a real museum, well theres a museum for heart theres a museum its a wide clarification,, i dont know what youre looking for, but were kinda a museum so people dont forget what happened in the past. 

Kevin Eldridge - National Air Races Racer
A museum is a place where people can come and look at things from the past and learn about everybody's history.

Rob Patterson
It's a place where you can bring your family and meet people that flew in World War II or fought in any of the conflicts. See the airplanes that did the same thing, that fought and brought our guys back. And freedom. See what freedom is about.