a little help or some suggestions;anything would do...

[Matt_in_NC]

Hello all, I am finally getting ready to graduate from school and enter the next phase of my life (whatever that is!). I currently possess a fairly large collection of diecast/ toy/ model aircraft, predominantly WW2 era. I love my collection and have been collecting them my whole life, so selling it is really not an option, but I don't think I'll have the ability to display them any time soon. I would love to long-term loan my collection to an aviation or toy museum somewhere, but do not even know where to begin. I contacted the Mighty Eighth Museum in Savannah in hopes that they would be interested, but they have not responded to my emails. Any help or advice that you guys could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt

[Zachary]

I believe the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum is always looking for new things to display. They were formally known as the St. Louis Aviation Museum and located at Spirt of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, MO. Now they are located at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL. You can visit their humble website at www.AirAndSpaceMuseum.org or contact them at AirAndSpaceMuseum(at - replace with @)SBCglobal.net.

Good luck,

Zack

[daveymac82c]

Hey Matt,

I wish you good luck in finding a place that your collection can be displayed. Instead of e-mailing organizations, I'd suggest calling of if they are close enough to you, going in and talking to people to see if they'd be interested.

I say this because I know from experience that many organizations do want to communicate with people, but they're often quite computer illitrate and cannot respond. This may or may not be the case.

A rule I've got is that e-mails can be so easily ignored, but it's a lot harder to ignore a phone call or someone looking you in the face.

Cheers,

David

[gary1954]

Maybe perhaps Lone Star since they got hit by the Hurriecane, and IIRC most of their small stuff in their museum is MIA

[Matt_in_NC]

Thanks for the advice, guys. I will try again with the Mighty Eighth by paying them a visit. I have aircraft that range from the big 1/18 scales down to micro machines, but most of it is all WW2 stuff, as that era was always my favorite. I've probably got 30 Corsairs of varying shapes and sizes, just cause it's one of my favs! I did e-mail LSFM to see if they'd be interested. Guess only time will tell now. Thanks again, and I'll keep you guys posted.

[Enemy Ace]

I suggest you make contact with your local FBO or flight school, they would probably love to display them for you. Also would maybe be easier to get them back later than from a large museum.

[Canso42]

I appreciate Gary1954's suggestion about Lone Star. Email is working so check www.lonestarflight.org.
Thanks
Doug