Ruth Henry

Ruth Henry is the coordinator of FLYING OBJECTS Kids Day at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York, and a dedicated museum volunteer helping introduce families and young children to the wonder of aviation, aeronautics, history, and hands-on discovery.

Through her work with the National Warplane Museum, Ruth is helping bridge generations by bringing children face-to-face with the machines, stories, and patriotic legacy that helped shape America.

Her leadership behind FLYING OBJECTS Kids Day reflects a clear mission: to invite younger families into the museum, spark curiosity, and give children a meaningful experience beyond screens, classrooms, and passive entertainment.

Ruth helped shape the event around a simple but powerful idea: anything that flies can inspire a child. From rockets, gliders, hot air balloons, drones, paramotors, kites, model planes, and National Guard aircraft to paper airplane contests, simulators, STEM activities, and hands-on crafts, she has helped create a family-centered day where learning feels like adventure.

Her work brings together volunteers, aviation clubs, engineers, sponsors, exhibitors, families, and museum supporters in a shared effort to keep history alive and imagination moving forward.

Under Ruth’s coordination, FLYING OBJECTS Kids Day has become more than a museum event. It is a community invitation to honor veterans, preserve aviation history, strengthen family connection, and remind the next generation that the sky is still worth reaching for.

Ruth Henry represents the quiet power of local service: building something meaningful, welcoming families in, and giving children a memory that may shape how they see history, country, science, and possibility.