International Women's Air and Space Museum

International Women's Air and Space Museum and its collection

The International Women's Air & Space Museum , Inc. (IWASM) is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio , dedicated to the preservation of the history of women in aviation and space and the documentation of their continuing contributions today and in the future. The museum began as a committee of the Ninety-Nines in order to collect historical artifacts and memorabilia of women pilots. In 1986, the International Women's Air & Space Museum opened in Centerville, Ohio in the former home of one of the Wright brothers ' uncles. Bernice Steadman , an aviator and member of the Mercury 13 , was one of the museum's co-founders. Eventually IWASM outgrew its Centerville home and needed to find a new location. In 1998, the museum moved to Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland where it sits in the terminal's lobby and west concourse. As the airport is a public building, the museum is accessible every day during operating hours and charges no admission fee.