The Sanford Museum and the Sanford Historical Society will host an open house at the Museum on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the traveling exhibit A Pilot Lights the Way and to honor the 70th Anniversary of the commissioning of Naval Air Station Sanford on November 3, 1942.

Curated by Valada Parker Flewellyn and featuring artwork by Carl Raphael Purdy, A Pilot Lights the Way focuses on the career of the United States Navy’s first African American fighter pilot, Jesse Leroy Brown. Brown was killed when his plane crashed during a mission in Korea in December 1950. His squadron, VF-32, was a stationed at Naval Air Station Sanford after the Korean War.

The exhibit has toured the country as part of the Centennial of Naval Aviation. It was last displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola.

A Pilot Lights the Way will remain at the museum through Dec. 28.

The Sanford Museum’s hours are Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For information about the exhibit, please contact the Sanford Museum at sanfordmuseum@sanfordfl.gov or 407-688-5198.