Delta Museum

Are you on Facebook? If so, you can now become a fan of the Museum and learn about upcoming events and hangar sales.

Photo: Delta Clipped Wings members LaVonne Lindquist, Kathy Horner, and Bea VanVliet present a donation to Museum Director Tiffany Meng (second from right), 2009.

Although the Museum is a nonprofit organization separate from Delta Air Lines, we are devoted to preserving and presenting the history of Delta and the airlines that have merged with Delta in the past. We are working on new exhibits and projects, and we need your help. Whether you’re an employee or retiree, an aviation buff, or are just interested in honoring someone you care about, please consider making the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum a part of your charitable contributions. Donating is easy and tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. If you are a Delta employee or retiree, you also have the option to payroll deduct as little as $5 a paycheck. Just call (404) 715-7886 for more information.

Photo: Archives Manager Marie Force holds a 1969 flight attendant uniform hat for volunteer Peyman Talaei to photograph.

Donations to the Museum help us maintain the historic aircraft and objects in the collection, present new exhibitions, and collect rare items from Delta's history. Financial donations of any size help us preserve Delta's long and rich history.

Shop the Museum Store

Featured Items:

8" Aviator Bear

8" Aviator Bear 8" plush bear dressed in vintage aviator cap, goggles and jacket. White scarf is branded Delta.

Item Number: 1771
Our Price: $8.00

12" Aviator Bear

12" Aviator Bear 12" plush bear dressed in vintage aviator cap, goggles and jacket. White scarf is branded Delta.

Item Number: 1999
Our Price: $12.00

The Museum is excited to announce that it has opened a flickr account to bring you photos of the Museum and events. Click here to see what’s been going on!

Help make history! Be a part of creating the first Northwest Airlines collections at the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum.

NW-747 You may not realize it, but we collect not only the records and memorabilia of Delta Air Lines, but also those of the airlines that have merged with Delta in the past. Please help us build a Northwest collection and save the history of this important airline.

Benefits of donating your artifacts to the Delta Museum:

Housed in archival-quality storage.
Cared for by museum professionals.
Shared with generations of visitors to come.
Tax deductible: The Delta Museum is a non-profit organization.

Any and all items from Northwest, Republic, and its airline family are welcome! Uniforms, meal service items, airplane models, print ads and other promotional items, timetables, employee and onboard magazines, annual reports—anything you think can help us tell the story of Northwest’s pioneering history would be greatly appreciated.

To make a donation, please contact Archives Manager Marie Force at (404) 714-2371 or marie.force@delta.com.

History Is Now Featured on Delta.com

The Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum is now contributing images and stories on Delta Air Lines' website! As a way to showcase its interesting history, Delta has asked the Museum to participate in its online blog. Please visit http://blog.delta.com/category/history/ weekly for new historical postings.

If you have interesting topic ideas you’d like to see discussed on the history blog, just let us know by emailing Archives Manager Marie Force at marie.force@delta.com.

TOUR SCHEDULE:

Mark your calendars! May 25th will be our 2nd Annual Delta Heritage Museum Classic golf tournament. October 2nd will be the 24th Annual Airline Collectibles Show & Sale. Click here for more information.

The Museum offers monthly interior tours of Ship 41, Delta's first DC-3 to carry passengers in 1940.

The Spirit of Delta is open for visitors on Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2pm. Inside you’ll find two new exhibits that explore the story of this important aircraft and Delta’s jet age since 1959. Objects on display include vintage uniforms, aircraft models, and memorabilia.

In addition to Spirit tours, the Museum offers interior tours of the DC-3 on the second Tuesday of each month at noon.

Unable to visit when the aircraft are open? Take a self-guided tour! Tour brochures are located throughout the hangars.

Museum admission is free of charge, but donations of $5 per person are greatly appreciated. Anyone interested in visiting, but does not have appropriate ID to get onto the Delta campus should contact the Museum at (404) 773-1219 or tiffany.m.meng@delta.com.

The Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum is your source for vintage Delta merchandise. However, if we can't meet your shopping needs, please visit www.shopformuseums.com, an online shopping fundraising tool that's free to use at your favorite online retailers, including even Delta Air Lines. By making online purchases with participating retailers through www.shopformuseums.com, a percentage of your purchase total will be donated to the Delta Heritage Museum. If you're going to shop online, why not do some good in the process?