Museum Video Visits A-F

    Video Visits and Fast Fotos offer a quick look at museums, historical and natural sites. (Left click on small Fast Fotos to enlarge them and read their captions; left click on videos to play them.) As you browse these short programs and snapshots, please keep in mind that museums may change exhibits and even operating hours and locations. It is advisable to check with any museum before planning a visit for current information.
    Museum directors are invited to submit brief museum overview videos for possible inclusion in Video Visits. (A contact form is posted on the National Aerial Firefighting Museum concept page of this website.)

ALABAMA

The Jesse Owens Museum and Park, in Danville, Ala., honor this gold medalist of the 1936 Olympics for his lifetime of service.

The Hank Williams Museum remembers this legendary country-western music artist in Montgomery, Ala.

ARIZONA

The Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz., prides itself in being the largest non-government funded air museum, with more than 300 aircraft.

ARKANSAS

Vintage streetcars and other historic vintage trains populate the Fort Smith Trolley Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Fort Smith, Ark., has a National Historic Site that shows the region's colorful history including frontier justice, Indian relationships, and military fortifications.

CALIFORNIA

Two icons of California railroading, the diminutive C.P. Huntington, foreground, and the last remaining huge Cab Forward articulated steam locomotive are among the treasures in the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. (CSRM photo)

CONNECTICUT

Mark Twain's home in Hartford, Conn., is the center of a museum about the famed American author.

FLORIDA

In addition to its proximity to theme parks, Kissimmee, Florida has a variety of other venues like the Museum of Military History.

Sights and sounds of vintage fire equipment in Orlando, Florida.

The Orange County Regional History Center preserves and remembers the history and people of central Florida in this museum in a former courthouse in downtown Orlando. Museumerica visited in January 2015.

And while you're at it... visit the AIRAILIMAGES YouTube Channel for a wealth of aviation and railroading videos of interest.

American Road Trips

Whether you live in the United States or are planning your first visit here, the scenic and historical sites are breathtaking. Herewith, some scenic views. We plan to continually expand this feature.

The desert blooms when weather conditions are just right; it can vary in intensity from year to year. Here's a scenic look amongst the giant saguaro cactus near Wickenburg, Arizona.

The majestic Grand Canyon in Arizona is visited by more than 4 million people each year. Here's a quick look at this unique natural site.

The terrain in Utah and Arizona in the vicinity of Monument Valley is so spectacular it has been celebrated in art and film for many years.

Vintage Visits

A look back at museums that have changed dramatically since these images were made.

Ontario Air Museum

The Ontario Air Museum, under the direction of pioneering warbird collector Ed Maloney, gathered a wide array of ex-military aircraft for display at the Ontario, Calif., airport when these photos were taken in August 1967. The collection has evolved over the years, with some of these warplanes still part of the Planes of Fame Museum that Maloney subsequently created at Chino, Calif.

Left click once on image to enlarge it and see its caption.

Tallmantz Aviation - 'Movieland of the Air' Aircraft Museum

Movieland of the Air was a destination for movie buffs and airplane enthusiasts in the 1960s and 1970s. Two leading motion picture pilots of the era, Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz, joined forces to service the film industry as well as showcase vintage aircraft at the Orange County (now John Wayne) Airport. After Paul Mantz' death in 1965 while filming the original "Flight of the Phoenix" movie, Frank Tallman continued the business, although some of the vintage aircraft collection had to be sold off. Nonetheless, other movie planes came and went, and part of the fun of visiting the museum was picking out aircraft in particular paint schemes from well-known motion pictures. Tallman died in a crash in 1978. Subsequently, the remaining aircraft in the Tallmantz collection were sold, many going to Florida for the Fantasy of Flight museum.