Transformed museum invites public to fly through Delta’s history

At the Delta Flight Museum, flight crew member Karen Januszewski takes in a display of designer uniforms including a 1959 accessorized uniform with "Jet flame" ascot scarf that were designed by Academy Award-winning Paramount Pictures chief designer Edith Head (at left) and today's flight attendant uniforms of iconic red dresses and navy blue pieces designed by Richard Tyler in 2006. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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Credit: hpousner

At the Delta Flight Museum, flight crew member Karen Januszewski takes in a display of designer uniforms including a 1959 accessorized uniform with "Jet flame" ascot scarf that were designed by Academy Award-winning Paramount Pictures chief designer Edith Head (at left) and today's flight attendant uniforms of iconic red dresses and navy blue pieces designed by Richard Tyler in 2006. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

The Delta Flight Museum is ready when you are.

That constitutes a major route change for one of Atlanta’s more interesting but lesser-known attractions, which mainly has welcomed Delta “family” and in-the-know aviation aficionados since its opening beside Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in 1995.

The renovated 68,000-square-foot edifice that chronicles Delta’s history and the development of commercial aviation is set to officially relaunch on Tuesday in a grand opening ceremony to include remarks by Gov. Nathan Deal, Mayor Kasim Reed and Delta CEO Richard Anderson.

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And check out a photo gallery from the flight museum at www.accessatlanta.com/gallery/lifestyles/delta-flight-museum/gCLbh/.