Pioneer Valley Military &Transportation Museum
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Welcome to the official website of the Pioneer Valley Military & Transportation Museum! We are located at Westfield - Barnes Airport in Westfield, MA. We are a non-profit 501(c)3 educational museum-to-be preserving and presenting all forms of military transportation.

Our vision is to have an “Active” museum! Trucks that can be driven, aircraft that fly and other vehicles milling about! We plan to have much more than static displays like many museums. Our goal is to educate the public in an exciting manner with a hands-on experience for all ages. See a WWII airplane take off and fly, view a working air tower replica from the war and read about history first hand from a letter written almost 100 years ago.

Our site will allow visitors to view aircraft activity at the airport including F15 activity as the 104th Fighter Wing prepares for full operational status as well as to periodically observe vintage war birds and other vintage military and civilian vehicles visiting the museum.

We welcome all new members! A large membership makes up a great institution. Come be part of history in the present and in the future.


  • Our 3rd Annual Benefit Dinner & Dance is scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2008! Click on Special ecents for more information!
  • There will be a lot happening at the airport in the Spring 2008! We have a several construction projects planned! For more information call Leo 529-9296.

A message from our president!

Hello Members,

------I hope you have been enjoying your summer! Soon school begins and before you know it winter will be here! There are several events coming up that will certainly make for a great beginning to the upcoming fall season. The most important event is our 3rd annual Benefit Dinner & Dance. This year we plan to have a buffet dinner included with a dance party. It will be a great time! We have scheduled the event for September 20th 2008 at 5:30pm to 11:00pm at the East Mountain Country Club in Westfield, MA. The buffet will be catered by EMCC and the music will be provided by Cory and the Knightsmen Band! This is a very important fundraiser, so please make an effort to support our organization by purchasing tickets and joining us for a great time! Space is limited to 250 so please call soon to get your tickets. Don’t forget the following events either! September 6th & 7th we will be at the Great New England Air Show at Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, MA and September 26th, 27th & 28th, 2008 we will be at the Brainard Airport, Hartford, CT for a Veteran's celebration.
------In other news, we have decided to sell some of the museum items that do not fit our mission or our village theme. Recently, we successfully sold the Antonov AN-2 airplane. There are several other items we have decided to liquidate and will be offered for sale soon. With the sale of these items and our profits from fundraisers, we will be closer to beginning our capital campaign and construction plans. We are still working on site plans and drawings for the village theme. Once we have the complete drawing package, we will be able to cost the project completely and at that point discuss phasing. We have made progress on our needs assessment. Our design committee has agreed on most of the buildings we plan to have, their sizes and what the focus of the contents of each building may be. Our pre-campaign assessment has led us to discuss assistance from a few different fund raising organizations. We are also trying to add several “connected” individuals to grow our board and we continue to develop our donor group as we work towards our campaign.
------There is a lot going on and much more to come. We continue to struggle with all the pieces of such a venture. However, we need your help! If you or someone you know shares our passion and has architectural skills, fundraising skills, or any other resources that could aid our organization, please let me know. We are getting closer but still need more horsepower to get to the starting block! I am confident that with a great start, we can win our event ~ building a unique and fantastic museum. I have been watching the Olympics, especially swimming (I was an All American swimmer and I still coach). I know that Michael Phelps could not have achieved 8 gold medals without the help and dedication of some amazing people. His family, coaches and trainers have put in as much effort as he has to accomplish his goals. We need the same support and dedication. With hard work and connections with the right individuals, we too will have a spectacular finish!

Leo Dube
President


Newsletters!

For the 2nd quarter 2008 Newsletter Click Here!
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For the 3rd quarter 2007 Newsletter Click Here!
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For the 1st quarter 2007 Newsletter Click Here!

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Pioneer Valley Military & Transportation Museum
20 Airport Road ~ Barnes Municipal Airport
P.O. Box 1332
Westfield, MA 01086-1332

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