President’s Day Weekend
Kite Making Workshop
February 18, 19 & 20, 2012

  Rod Beamguard, an experienced kite-making instructor of Fort Worden, has chosen a German kite, the Schlangendrachen, for this event. He is perfecting the written directions.

Visually this kite makes a dramatic statement in the sky. While the kite is not in the beginner’s category, someone with sewing experience will be able to make it.

If you register with the Museum, we will be sure he gets your information and if you register with Rod, he will be sure we get the information.

Spring Break

During Spring Break, the Kite Museum has special fun for families. And Spring Break lasts 5 weeks, No, that doesn’t mean everyone is out of school that long. It means that in Washington and Oregon individual schools choose different weeks to take off.

Your admission includes making a kite, playing the Museum Treasure Hunt which gives you coupons to use in various local businesses, and on weekends we have different kinds of kites flying on the beach….

Kite Fun for All Ages!

• Kite Making
• Kite Flying Experiments
• Museum Tour
• With information game

It doesn’t matter that the wind rearranges your hair and that sometimes you have to chase a kite, there will be lots of laughs!

Open 11 AM—5 PM; closed Wed & Thurs

WORLD KITE MUSEUM
303 Sid Snyder Dr – Long Beach, WA
Call—360-642-4020

Rev Clinic March 16 – 18, 2011

Sold Out
Sorry, this clinic sold out in just 4 Day but we are anticipating another class scheduling.

Follow this link for info, registration, photos and more.

Saturday & Sunday October 8 & 9, 2011
…and always the second Sunday in October…
One Sky, One World – Long Beach, WA

One Sky, One World – Miriam Schaffler,
a regular at One Sky, One World,
shows off a ‘Lady Kite Flyer’ kite.

In 1986 during the cold war, Jane Parker-Ambrose traveled to Russia in hopes of presenting a three-foot diamond kite featuring the American and Soviet flags on each side of the globe. In Moscow Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space and the president of the Soviet Women’s Peace Committee received this kite as a symbol of efforts worldwide for peace and understanding.

This was the beginning of this annual kite-flying event celebrated not only in Long Beach but all over the globe.

Everyone-young and old, beginners and experienced-is invited to participate at the Bolstad Ave. Beach Approach between 10 am and 4 pm both Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, October 8 & 9.

There will be kite making and kite flying lessons available for all. Experienced flyers will decorate the sky with large and varied shaped kites for everyone’s fun. Everyone flying kites can sign the worldwide register.

Here is an interview with Jane Parker-Ambrose, discussing the origins of the annual One Sky One World Kite Fly for Peace

Other questions? Call 360-642-4020 or email info@worldkitemuseum.com

One Sky One World, International Kite Fly for Peace is held the second Sunday of October annually, around the globe.

World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame Benefit Event

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Doors Open 1:00 pm – Tour the Museum · Performance Begins 2:00 pm
Light Refreshments included with Ticket · $25 each

Wine & non-alcoholic beverages available; Donations gratefully accepted!

After a humorous jazz story, Milne will turn around and create toe-tapping music.

When the World Kite Museum opened in 2005, one of the exhibits was “Meet Me In St. Louis: The First Kite Competition in the U.S.”. It was a time when kites were flourishing as tools and a time when ragtime and boogie-woogie filled the music halls and dance floors.

Since that opening with Bob Milne, a world-renown jazz pianist, Milne has yearly presented a benefit appearance for the World Kite Museum. His humor and highly energetic playing style keeps all ages entertained.

To even get more into the mood, a short silent movie will be shown for Milne’s interpretation. For more information call the World Kite Museum: 360-642-4020 or email: info@worldkitemuseum.com.

A 2 Day Indoor Kite Flying Competition and Performances
January 14 & 15, 2012

Jerry Cannon is Mr. Cool in his yellow suit and kite. He has won competitions indoor and outdoor.

Looking for a winter weather entertainment? The Windless Kite Festival is an indoor kite flying show. It’s individuals, duos and more choreographed air routines to music.

Dick Curran generally flies single line kites indoors. This winged box performs when he pulls it up and with graceful glides to the music.

Location

Long Beach School Gymnasium
Washington and 4th St South
Long Beach, WA 98631

Performance Times

Saturday January 14th
10 – 11:30 am Demonstration Show
2 – 3:30 pm Indoor Ballet Competition
3:30 – 5 pm Free Flying & Lessons for all ages

Sunday January 15th
11 – 12 am Indoor Hot Tricks
12 – 1:30 pm Demonstration Show
1:30 – 2:30 pm Grand Finale

The gym is open for participant practice, demonstrations, and indoor flying lessons Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 5pm except during Performance Times.

There’s always something to see.

Admission: Donation

Toby Ardnt in Wildwood 2011 Celebration of Flight

Lee Sedgwick flys a YFO, a single line kite of his creation. Lee is well known for skiing on frozen Lake Erie on kite power.	John Barresi, a kite pilot of 20 years, specializes in quad line kites. He is an instructor and innovator with the iQuad Team.
Scott Davis is the creator and director of this festival. He is also the instigator of the Hot Trick Shoot Out.	Penny Lingenfelter produces Dr. Suess's Cat in the Hat using multiple flyers and folks from the audience. She also is known for her showstopper patriotic solos.
Toby Ardnt in Wildwood 2011 Celebration of Flight
Lisa Willoughby

Other Kite Things to do that Weekend

• Take an indoor flying lesson
• Visit the Kite Museum and experience the thrill, art, science and world history of kiting plus make a kite.
• Take time to view indoor flying films.
• Join the jolly local and participant groups for the Italian Potluck, Raffle and Award Ceremony Evening. Admission is a dish to pass and something for the raffle.

Asian New Year Celebration

This February 4th & 5th opening has special events to introduce this Bali Kite Exhibit. The exhibit lasts until March 25.

Special Opening Events

At night during the festival the families are entertained by shadow puppet shows. These two opening days the Paper Eclipse Puppet Company will present a special show about bats. Fruit bats, bat kites, and bats as good luck are native to Bali. This show about the only mammal that flies will include amazing information and a healthy dose of humor for all ages.

Times: 11 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
Both Saturday & Sunday

Kite Making

Everyone can make a simple kite of everyday materials, which has delighted Southeast Asians for thousands of years. You can decorate them and if the winds are right, fly them in the Museum’s front yard.

Photo by Kite Aerial Photographer Wolfgang Bieck

Imagine 209 teams of a dozen or more members, most with their own gamelan orchestras, with no team allowed to compete with a kite less than 132 “ wide. Put them together in rice fields or beaches larger than football fields to be judged and you have the July Lomba Layang-Layang Internasional Bali.

To accompany the large kites there will be enlarged photos of them being transported to the flying fields, kite launching and flying. Signage will explain things in detail.

Photo provided by Paper Eclipse Puppet Company.

Videos of using kites both to catch bats and fish will be showing regularly.

Your admission includes seeing the whole museum.

Photo by Kite Aerial Photographer Wolfgang Bieck

The Peninsula Postal Stamp Club of Long Beach, WA is in the process of creating an exhibit of kite stamps from countries around the world. In 2009 the group artistically prepared three 34” X 26” frames of Chinese kite stamps to accompany a new Chinese Kite Celebration at that time.

This time, besides using the Museum’s stamps, the group has researched and obtained more varied stamps to extend the total collection.

This exhibit will be one of a kind. Keep your eyes open for this unique event and tell your friends.

The World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame is the only American Museum dedicated exclusively to the thrill, joy, art, science and world history of kites.

Besides its outstanding kite collections, the Museum has extensive archival materials. The American Kite Association [AKA] has combined their archives with the World Kite Museum in Long Beach, Washington. An active oral history program exists on cassettes and videos.  Textbook companies and freelance writers are the biggest users.  Long Beach’s World Kite Museum is the definitive information source on kites internationally.

A Washington State vacation is incomplete without a visit to the Long Beach Peninsula, home of the Washington State International Kite Festival, and the World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame.  Located at 303 Sid Snyder Drive SW, Long Beach, Washington, WKM is the only Kite Museum in North and South America.

We look forward to seeing you in person. In the meanwhile, we hope you’ll enjoy perusing our site!

Before 1915 if you had a kite either you or someone else made it. This exhibit describes one of the first kite manufacturers, John Frier, Sr. His Company named ALOX rolled off their self-created assembly line kites in 1927.

The Museum, with the assistance of Frier’s granddaughter, Nancy Frier, has created the story of how this industry functioned and survived until 1989. It includes the dime store and variety store outlets, the shift from paper to plastic, the inclusion of what were called promotion kites, and other necessities to prosper.