The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an aerospace museum located in
Dallas, Texas, founded in November 1988 by
William E. Cooper,
Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jan Collmer.[1] Originally located within a terminal at
Dallas Love Field, the museum now occupies a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) building at the southeast corner of Love Field on Lemmon Avenue.[1] The museum is an affiliate within the
Smithsonian Affiliations program.[2]
Aviation historian George E. Haddaway promoted the founding of the museum subsequent to donation of his extensive personal collection of aviation history books, journals, photographs, as well as archives to the
University of Texas at Dallas as the nucleus of the History of Aviation Collection.[3]
The museum features an extensive collection of aviation history artifacts and vehicles, and focuses on the history of aviation and space exploration with an emphasis on the role of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Exhibits include the
Apollo 7Command Module;[4] a
World War ISopwith Pupbiplane replica;[5] artifacts from the German airship Hindenburg and other airships; and over 200
World War II aircraft models.