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Atchison's Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum was announced Friday as having finished fourth in an online vote to identify the nation's "Best New Museum."

EXCLUSIVE: Some 50 of the aircraft were camouflaged in the unusual hue to carry out low-altitude reconnaissance during the Second World War, though they are a rare sight today.

In 2016, this engine was officially declared an historic engineering landmark by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The Earhart Hangar Museum in Kansas in the running for Best New Museum in a USA Today readers’ choice poll.

The director of Atchison's Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum hopes it will gain valuable attention from USA Today's 2024 Reader's Choice Travel Awards.

photo Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum ATCHISON — The Amelia Earhart Hanga

There's something special about about flying your airplane into an airshow or aviation festival. You truly feel accomplished when you fly the published approach, rock your wings on command, stick the landing on the dot specified, and then are greeted by the people on scooters who direct you where to park at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo.

The museum, which opened in the spring, is nominated under the "Best New Museum" category.

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison, Kansas, is nominated for best new museum in the country, the only Midwestern facility in the running. The museum is a part of

Did pilot Amelia Earhart actually crash land on a remote, uninhabited island? Was she captured by Japanese authorities? Here's what likely happened.