The national wasp wwii museum will expand its ability to deliver experiential, history-based leadership education to rural students across texas and the nation through the flight path: the wasp museum…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the National WASP WWII Museum, Inc. $150,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301).

The recipient will develop and deliver the Flight Path: The WASP Museum Leadership Initiative, an experiential history-based leadership education program connecting World War II cockpit decision-making, resilience, and discipline to executive functioning skills for contemporary youth. Project activities include developing curriculum modules and educator guides, conducting national educator outreach, expanding traveling education kits, creating a limited podcast series, and evaluating program outcomes. Deliverables encompass expanded educational infrastructure, mobile outreach programming, traveling classroom kits, curriculum resources, and a podcast series. The primary beneficiaries are middle and high school students in rural Texas.

Performance is based in Sweetwater, Texas, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028.

The national wasp wwii museum will expand its ability to deliver experiential, history-based leadership education to rural students across texas and the nation through the flight path: the wasp museum leadership initiative. The project connects world war II cockpit decision-making, resilience, and discipline to the executive functioning skills needed by today's youth. Project activities include developing curriculum modules and educator guides, conducting national educator outreach, expanding traveling education kits, creating a limited podcast series, and evaluating the program. Project results will include expanded educational infrastructure and increased access to the women airforce service pilots (wasp) story through mobile outreach programming, traveling classroom kits, curriculum resources, and a podcast series. The primary beneficiaries of this project are middle and high school students in rural texas.