[2] It is situated on the north end of Grimes Field municipal airport, roughly a mile from central Urbana.

[6][7] Work continued on the B-17 at the south end until 2010 when a purpose built hangar was completed and the B-17 project as well as the newly acquired aircraft were moved into it.

[10] Then a month later, in October, ground was broken on a project adjacent to the hangar to expand the museum by 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2), and in late 2019 half of the expansion was completed.

In 2010 the museum began displaying an exhibit in their main hangar on Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) and how they helped with the war effort.

[28][better source needed] The museum received a grant from the Ohio History Connection to complete a display about WASPs in 2022.