Beginning in seventh grade, Michael T. Stowe began excavating World War II artifacts from around Millville Municipal Airport.

[1] Seeking a place to display his collection, Stowe founded the Millville Municipal Airport Museum in 1984.

[2][3] A year prior, Stowe recovered aircraft parts of a P-47 from the bottom of the nearby Union Lake.

[9] Two years later, the museum began renovating Building 31, which originally housed the quartermaster's office, to use as a shop and collections storage in 2018.

[13] The museum also features a series of five exterior murals depicting a various scenes related to the airport's history, such as a P-47 Thunderbolt on a gun boresight range and the World War II-era fire department at the base.