WAPAKONETA, OH (WLIO) - The thousands of visitors that make the Armstrong Air and Space Museum a destination stop each year will be welcomed with a whole new look.
The museum showed off their new lobby and store experience that was completely remodeled in the past few weeks. They have been working on the project for a year and a half, and the museum waited until their slow time of year to update the first and last area that people see when they visit. In 2023, the Armstrong Museum welcomed over 40,000 visitors, and in April they are looking forward to another big crowd of people coming to Auglaize and the surrounding area for the total eclipse.
“We have that added attraction of being the hometown of Neil Armstrong and people see Neil Armstrong, moon, eclipse, and it’s just perfect,” says Dante Centuori, Ex. Dir. of Armstrong Air and Space Museum. “We’ve seen the museum mentions specifically, in some articles talking about where to see the eclipse. We weren’t pitching those. These are folks that made those conclusions, by looking at the path of totality and seeing what is along it. So, we are getting ready.”
The eclipse will happen on April 8th, and many local communities are preparing for a big influx of visitors because most of our area will be in the direct path to see the total eclipse.
