The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum welcomed a new director of restoration and large artifact collections in late August.
Matt Voight now leads the department, transferring over from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
For Voight, it’s a new role, but his mission remains the same: Preserving the stories left behind on historic aircrafts.
Tori DeJournett
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HPR
HPR took the opportunity to speak with Voight in his workshop, where he plans to hang aircraft from the ceiling and allow visitors the chance to see the restoration process in action.
This story aired on The Conversation on Sept. 28, 2026. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Jinwook Lee adapted this story for the web.
