How to visit the Rockwell Collins Museum

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Written by Rod Blocksome

The Rockwell Collins Museum is located in an access controlled part of Building 120 on the Rockwell Collins campus.  Visitors can have access to the museum every Wednesday from 11:30 to 1:00 when a volunteer docent is available to give tours. To schedule a visit, please contact Becky Woodward  at 319-295-3984 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Becky will arrange for the docent to meet and sign in visitors. The docent will then escort visitors back to the see the museum.  

Building 120 is located Northeast of the intersection of C Avenue and Collins Road in Cedar Rapids. Visitors should park in a regular stall on the south side of Bldg 120. (Do not part in a reserved stall or a "customer" stall.)  Enter at the south entrance to Building 120 to meet the docent.

More information on the museum may be found at the website: http://rockwellcollinsmuseum.org/

The Rockwell Collins Virtual Museum

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Written by Rod Blocksome

Did you know that there is a "Virtual" Museum on the internet in addition to the physical museum in Building 120? The web site is www.rockwellcollinsmuseum.org  There you will find a plethora of photographs, articles, publications, and documents all relating to the company history and legacy.  The site is quite active with new material added on a near monthly basis thanks to our volunteers and web-master Larry Tjaden.  For example, this month there is a short story and photo of James Bond in the movie Goldfinger about to climb aboard a Lockheed JetStar L-329 sporting the Collins Radio logo on the blade antenna.

How many other movies have scenes featuring our equipment?  If you find something, send the info to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  It will be interesting to see what's out there.

You are invited to add content to this website

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Written by Bob Ocken

This new RCRV.ORG website is a work in progress and you can help improve it.

• The header at the top of this page is a placeholder borrowed from the RCRV letterhead.  We invite any member to provide an interesting graphic design for this space.  For example, an array of old Collins pictures along with pictures of current RCRV members performing volunteer activities.  We are open to any ideas and if appropriate, we will cycle through all the offerings.  The space is  1060 pixels wide by 288 pixesl tall.
• We would like to include articles in the website describing  the activities of RCRV volunteers at the various organizations..  This would be a good place to talk about a special event or activity for your volunteer organization.   

Send your articles and graphic banners to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..   

Note that if you want to go to the old rcrv.org website,  it is still available at:

    www.rcrv.org/old

You can access the projects database from both the new and the old websites, but no other content is shared.  If there is some content in the old website that should be carried over to the new website,  please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

2015 RCRV Charitable Grant Program

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Written by David Knuth

Grant Funding is available through the Rockwell Collins Retiree Volunteers (RCRV) charitable grant program for calendar year 2015. Rockwell Collins, Inc sponsors this program.

Statement of Purpose: Allow RCRV and its members to recognize and reward deserving non-profit organizations in support of RCRV’s mission statement:

Read more: 2015 RCRV Charitable Grant Program