Summer is here which means our Museum tour and experience times will be changing from 1 November 2020 – 31 March 2021. From Sunday 1 November 2020, the following experiences start times will change: Airpark Tour – There will be two Airpark Tours available daily at 9.30am and 12.30pm 747 Wing Walk Tour –Â There be […]
Tag Archives: Boeing 747
 Qantas Founders Museum Media Release  25 February 2020 MAJOR STAGE OF AIRPARK ROOF COVERED Qantas Founders Museum’s iconic Boeing 707 and Boeing 747 aircraft are now under cover, with the last of the Airpark Roof Project’s Aramax Sheeting installed. Work began on the Aramax Roof installation in November 2019 with the […]
                      CELEBRATE THE QANTAS CENTENARY AT QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM In 2020, Australia’s national airline Qantas Airways will turn 100, an amazing achievement for the airline and an important moment in our nation’s history. There is no better place to celebrate this incredible milestone than at Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach, […]
Qantas Founders Museum’s Airpark Roof Project is an ambitious $14.3 million two stage project to create a unique night experience using a sound and light show projected on the fuselage of the iconic Boeing 747, Boeing 707 and an 8072m2 roof. Stage One of the Project includes the construction of a 8072m2 roof and lighting for […]
MEDIA RELEASE 14 August 2019 OPERA QUEENSLAND’S NEW TOURING WORK SONGS TO DIE FOR Queenslanders are dying to see the brand-new touring work from Opera Queensland, Songs To Die For, a cheeky, celebratory and ultimately reverend look at Opera’s relationship with the art of dying. Coming […]
Have you ever been on a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet? Ever wondered how much it weighs or what the cockpit looks? If you want to know the answers to these questions and more amazing facts, then join our 747 Kids tour !! From 29 June 2019 – 14 July 2019, Qantas Founders Museum will be […]
QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM MEDIA RELEASE Â 20 May 2019 $3 MILLION GRANT IGNITES LUMINESCENT LONGREACH LIGHT SHOW Today Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones announced Qantas Foundation Memorial (the parent company to Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach) has been awarded […]
Last week Qantas Founders Museum had the pleasure of welcoming a very special visitor and his family to our museum. Jim Drane worked for Qantas from 1949 to 1981 and was a flight engineer on the Super Constellations, the Boeing 707s and the Boeing 747s. Jim’s family had contacted the Museum when they heard about […]
QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM MEDIA RELEASE Â Â 10 May 2019 Â OFFICIAL SOD TURNING FOR STAGE 1 OF THE AIRPARK ROOF PROJECT Today the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud and Qantas Foundation Memorial and Qantas Founders Museum Chairman John Vincent turned the sod […]
Looking for an adventure? Want to explore the Boeing 747 and learn all kinds of amazing facts? Then join our 747 Kids tour !! From 6 – 22 April 2019, Qantas Founders Museum will be offering a 30 – 45 minute guided tour designed for our younger visitors to explore and learn about the Boeing 747 […]
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