
The Ball Family
- In 1887, the Ball family moved its glass manufacturing business from Buffalo, NY to Muncie. Ball Brothers Glass Company became one of America’s best known manufacturers of canning jars. The Ball family purchased most of the land along the north bank of the White...

Welcome to the National Model Aviation Museum
The National Model Aviation Museum is the largest model aviation museum in the world with over 11,000 artifacts in its collections. Visit the Museum and view the largest collection of model aircraft in the United States. Discover how aeromodeling helped change the...

Why Garfield the Cat?
The question is often asked why Garfield is used on the Muncie Visitors Bureau logo. The answer is quite simple…Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. Jim Davis was born and raised in neighboring Grant County. He attended Ball State University where he studied art and...