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Highlights from the 2024 Preservation Ball

November 21, 2024

On November 9, 2024, we held our second annual Preservation Ball at the museum and raised $450,000 for STEM education!

It was a fantastic, ‘70s-themed night filled with live music, dancing, an amazing culinary experience, and more.

Our heartfelt thanks go out to our event planner Emma Singh Creative, our gala committee led by Wanda Slobodian, our many talented vendors, and the dozens of volunteers who made the evening a success.

Since moving into our new space in 2022, we’ve expanded our educational program offerings to create an even bigger impact in our community. We’ve developed a dozen new STEM-based programs, added more certified teachers, and have more classrooms to accommodate larger groups. However, as school budgets change and communities evolve, we’ve received more and more requests for funding assistance.

A museum tour guide points to something on a display screen for a group of students
An instructor demonstrates an activity for students that appears to teach them about principles of flight
A group of students on a field trip gather around an antique aircraft navigation console
A student interacts with a wind tunnel while other students observe
A teacher instructs students in a classroom. On the screen behind her the slide reads, 'Science of Flight.'
Three young students show off their experiments during a field trip
Three young students gather around a display screen in a museum.
A museum tour guide stands in front of a small yellow aircraft, explaining something to a students.
A young girl sits in the cockpit of a helicopter on display, moving the cyclic and looking at the rotor blades.
A teacher holds a miniature airplane wing for students to see and touch.
Young students sit inside a vintage aircraft during a field trip.

Thanks to the generosity of this year’s gala sponsors and supporters, all proceeds will go towards meeting these requests through our education Access-for-All fund.

Over the next year, thousands of students will have the opportunity to participate in our STEM programs and explore careers in aviation and aerospace thanks to the support of our community!

Save the date!

We hope you’ll join us at next year’s event, scheduled for October 18, 2025.

Highlights from the 2024 Preservation Ball

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