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Summer Tour Schedule
There’s a lot going on this summer!
Tour groups are always welcome to visit our park throughout the year.
Reservations must be made for group tours. Click here for assistance.
Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center 2009 Programs
For more information, call 937-225-7705.
It’s in the Details:
Wil & Orv as PrintersPrinting demonstration
Friday & Saturday, July 10-11; August 7-8, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Wil and Orv were first printers and it took a keen eye and attention to detail to get this job done right. Watch a ranger demonstrate the tedious process of printing in 1890 in the room the Wright brothers used.
Art in the Park
Create a piece of art
Saturdays, July 11, 18 & 25, 10:00am – noon
Children enrolled in K-6 will have the opportunity to use their imagination, creativity, and talent while having fun! Sponsored in part by The K-12 Gallery. Registration is required.
Not just another Cycle Shop
Junior Ranger program
Wednesday through Saturday, July 22-25, any time between 10:00am – 4:00pm
Participants will learn about the many aspects of The Wright Cycle Company building and who inspired them to invent the airplane.
Puzzling out a Poem
Junior Ranger program
Wednesday to Saturday, August 12-15,
any time between 10:00am – 4:00pm
Participants choose from a grab bag full of words to craft a poem as they complete a puzzle.
Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center and Flying Field 2009 Programs
For more information, call 937.425.0008.
Join Park Rangers this summer for more talks about the Wright Memorial, bike-with-a-ranger tours and ranger led walking tours at Huffman Prairie Flying Field.
Wright Memorial Ranger Talk
Daily (May 23 to September 7), 1:00 pm
Discover the past and present of this park designed by the Olmsted Brothers. Topics include the area’s ancient past, the history of the Wright Memorial, the formulation of the Miami Conservancy District, and the development of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Ranger Talk – The Wrights at Huffman Prairie
Daily (May 23 to September 7), 10:30 am
Explore the pasture where the Wright brothers developed the world’s first practical airplane, the 1905 Wright Flyer III, and taught 119 men and women how to fly.
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