Frequently asked questions:

1.  Where are you located and how do we visit you?

We are currently operating in the western Catskill area of Delaware County New York and hope to move the collection here if we can raise the funds necessary to secure an appropriate facility. Storage of our collection is still located in northwestern Connecticut, but can only schedule private visits for members of the press and representatives of institutions which are planning exhibit installations. We are not able to accommodate the general public at this time.

2.  Are you a non-profit? 

While we are working in this direction, we are not yet a federally recognized tax-exempt organization, but you can make tax-deductible donations through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas. Our mission includes educational outreach and historic preservation. We also welcome sponsorship assistance to help fund those efforts.

3.  How big is the collection? 

We have been collecting cultural artifacts and photographic images of the Space Age for more than 34 years. We have yet to complete our database, but we estimate that the collection includes more than 10,000 pieces. That said, it is important to recognize that a 40-foot rocket trailer, a period snapshot, and a Cracker Jack charm each count as one item. There are enough artifacts and images to offer many traveling exhibitions and to explore various narratives.

4.  Do you have any flown items from NASA?

We have collected some items from the US space program, but because there are other museums which present that subject, we have chosen to focus on artifacts and images that reflect the cultural history of the Space Age and in particular illuminate the experiences of everyday people. We are proud to display a full-scale static test model of the Douglas Skyrocket, on which children played in a schoolyard after the US Navy’s testing was completed.

5.  Do you anticipate having a permanent facility that will be open to the public? 

That is our dream if we can secure proper funding. We are currently focused on developing a publicly accessible facility in the western Catskills of upstate New York. A rural location like the Catskills near a metropolitan area or incorporated into a planned spaceport would be ideal.

6. Who owns Space Age Museum?

The Space Age artifacts shown on spaceagemuseum.com are part of the Kleeman Family Space Collection. Space Age Center LLC, a New York limited liability company owned by Peter Kleeman, manages the spaceagemuseum.com website and exhibits artifacts from the Kleeman Family Space Collection. Space Age Museum LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, holds federal trademark registrations for Space Age Museum (Space Age Museum®) and has licensed those trademark registrations to Space Age Center LLC. The Space Age Museum project is an educational arts program implemented by Space Age Center LLC. The program is referred to as "the Space Age Museum project" and also simply as "Space Age Museum."