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| Established | 1972 |
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| Location | Mentone, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°10′16″N86°02′31″W / 41.171°N 86.042°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Website | www |
The Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum is an aviation museum located in Mentone, Indiana focused on Lawrence D. Bell.
When Bell died in 1956, he left his personal collection of memorabilia to the town of Mentone. The museum originally opened in 1972 and fundraising began in 1976 to build a museum to house the collection. [1] [2] Ground was broken for the museum in May 1979 and it was dedicated on 6 June 1982. [3]
Exhibits include a recreation of Larry Bell's personal museum, room about the town of Mentone, library, and wall covering the development history of Bell helicopters. [4]
The museum holds an annual fly-in called Rotors Over Mentone. [7]
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