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USS Midway Museum’s 20th Anniversary Series: Operations Department

This year, the USS Midway Museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary. To help observe this milestone, we will profile a specific Museum department every month, looking back at the department's early...
March 28, 2024     20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in 20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner | Tagged 20th Anniversary, Battle of the Midway, Flight Simulator, karls korner, Operations

The USS Midway Museum at Twenty

When the USS Midway Museum first opened its doors to the public in 2004, many still doubted if the experiment of creating a floating naval ship museum in San Diego would be a success. Two decades...
February 12, 2024     20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in 20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner | Tagged 20th Anniversary, aircraft carrier history, arrival, historian karl zingheim, karls korner, MIDWAY, midway museum san diego, museum history, uss midway

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