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2019 Newsroom - 30th Anniversary

In a Life-or-Death Crisis, Humility Is Everything
By Sam Walker, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2019

2014 Newsroom - 25th Anniversary

SCJ - Jim Wharton, The Regulars 
FOX31 Denver -
Two reunited by Skype - then in person


    Victims Remembered

    It wasn't a landing...
KSCJ 1360 - Garden and exhibit opens
Sioux City Journal - Exhibit and garden dedication
CBS Chicago
KCCI Des Moines, 25 Years after
KCAU Sioux City - July 19, a day of tragedy and celebration
KTIV Sioux City - Lauren finds answer


KMEG/FOX 14/44 - Exhibit Unveiled


KTIV 4 - 232 Exhibit Dedication





Other Places with 232 Exhibits

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 The Spirit of Siouxland, the 232 Memorial, is located next to the Anderson Dance Pavillion.    From the Sioux City Journal - Statue dedicated:  The statute depicts then Lt. Col. Dennis Nielsen of the Air National Guard carrying Spencer Bailey, 3, from the wreckage of the crash of United Flight 232 at Sioux Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989. Pilot Capt. Al Haynes said, “As we dedicate this statute, let us see all whose actions were involved” in the rescue effort. A total of 112 persons died and another 184 survived.
A series of boulders leads the visitor into the memorial area. Sculpture, Dale Lamphere was commissioned to construct the statue.


   The Sioux City Public Museum features the crash of United Flight 232 in a 3-minute video and display as part of the Disaster and Recovery Exhibit along with a commemorative sculpture given to the 185th Iowa Air National Guard Unit.
 Location is 607 4th Street. *Admission is free.

   Trinity Heights offers a peaceful place for meditation as well as beautiful sculptures of Jesus and Mother Mary.  Sculpture, Dale Lampere of Sturgis SD, who sculpted the Flt 232 Memorial as well as those at Trinity Heights.
*Admission is free.

CURRENTLY CLOSED

 Because of COVID 19 restrictions, we are closed to the public.

Closed New Years, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. 
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Directions & Contact the Museum

2600 Expedition Court
P.O. Box 3525
Sioux City, IA 51102
712-252-5300
airmuseum@longlines.com

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Cost of Admission

Adults: $10
Veterans & Seniors (65+): $8
Active Military: Free
Children (4-14 yrs): $5
under 4: Free
School age group: $5/Person
Bus Group Tours (8 or More): $8/Person
Family (up to 6 in same family): $30
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