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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum

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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Phone:
+1 913-367-4217

Hours:
Sunday1pm - 4pm
Monday10am - 4pm
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


The Amelia Earhart Birthplace is a historic building and museum that was the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart. It is located at 223 N. Terrace in Atchison, Kansas, United States. The house was built in 1861 in a Gothic Revival style and is on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. In 1897 Amelia Earhart was born in a home, which belonged to her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis , a former judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank and a leading citizen in Atchison. The Earharts attended nearby Trinity Episcopal Church where Amelia was baptized. The birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is now a museum featuring memorabilia and artifacts about Amelia Earhart. The house served as a private residence until 1984 when a local citizen, Dr. Eugene J. Bribach, contributed $100,000 to the Ninety-Nines to acquire the property. Since 1984 the building has been maintained by the Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Amelia was the first elected president.
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