Realia of Every Stripe

02/06/2011

For more than a decade the Museum kept a storage area at the airport fringe, and the massive collections are disorganized in the extreme. They contain not only WWII manuscripts, articles, magazines, photos, objects and realia of every stripe, that an archivist can describe how opening each box of this legacy is "an adventure in itself. We're currently in the process of retrieving, cataloging and curating these findings---- because unfortunately, the airport storage area is scheduled to be demolished this year to make way for the Airport's new south runway. So we're on a deadline. If you wish to volunteer contact:

Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum
- A Broward County Military Museum -
4000 West Perimeter Rd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Tel: (954) 359-4400

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Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The only Military Museum in Broward County.

The Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum is on the U.S National Register of Historic Places and a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Its mission is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized Naval Aviation Museum that educates young and old alike, to preserve history by honoring the memory of Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale and the men & women who defended freedom during World War II. This Museum has also been instrumental in preserving the memory of Flight 19, one of the great aviation mysteries. Flight 19 flew out of NASFL on 5 December 1945, to vanish into the Bermuda Triangle. In addition, 19 year old future U.S President George H.W. Bush lived at this base as an Ensign in the summer of 1943 to train as a torpedo/bomber pilot.

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