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Wharton, Texas
Exhibits featuring technological developments such as electronic media, home appliances, aircraft, and medical devices are on display at this museum.While this may seem too recent a subject for a historical museum, with the rapid pace of technological change, items from the first half of the 20th...
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
At this museum, visitors can experience everything from aviation warfare armament from the early days of World War I to today's high tech planes and bombs.
The Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base brings the history of U.S. air combat to the present-day military tourist. As the only...
Dover, Delaware
The Air Mobility Command Museum is one of few museums dedicated to airlift and air refueling history.Exhibits in this museum range in topic from the Berlin Airlift to the Korean War to air force uniforms, and there are several "First, Last or Only" aircraft from jet fighters to a WWII...
Fayetteville, North Carolina
The main exhibit gallery moves the visitor through time, starting in 1940 with the conception of the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon and ending with today's airborne and special operations units.The Airborne & Special Operations Museum will provide a unique educational experience on United...
Anchorage, Alaska
The collection of historic aircraft illuminates Alaska's aerial history and pays tribute to Alaskan pioneers of the skies.Visitors are able to inspect and observe a number of aircraft, including one of the four 1924 Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" planes to attempt the first...
Fairbanks, Alaska
Alaska's pioneer history coincided with advances and experiments in flight, and this Fairbanks museum chronicles the progression of both.Alaska's pioneer history coincided with advances and experiments in flight, and this Fairbanks museum chronicles the progression of both.Alaska's air history is...
Lexington, Kentucky
This 12,000-square-foot museum, located in a hangar on Lexington's Blue Grass Airport, has displays on six military and 14 civilian aircraft from every era of America's aviation history.
Highlights include a Navy F-14 Tomcat, Marine Corps F-4 Phantom fighter, and an Air Force T-83 supersonic...
Atwater, California
Restored WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam-era aircraft encircle an immense and formidable B-17 Flying Fortress at this museum.The aircraft displayed at the Castle Air Museum, planes like the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the B-29 Super Fortress, the B-26 Marauder and the B-25 Mitchell...
Addison, Texas
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum allows visitors to step back in time and watch aviation history unfold to trace the steps of a century of flight.Walk past wood and fabric aircraft from the World War I era. Pass by significant aircraft of the 1930s and World War II periods. Stop and study the early jet...
Dayton, Ohio
Three exceptional men from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar, found their creative outlet here through accomplishments and failures, and finally success.Dayton Aviation consists of four units that tell the stories of Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Paul...
Fargo, North Dakota
This museum, located near Hector International Airport in the north of the city, is home to a variety of historic aircraft, 90% of which are in flying condition.One of the main attractions of the museum is a full-scale replica of a Wright Brothers flyer.
Reno, Nevada
The Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium can simulate both day and night conditions and a full range of atmospheric phenomena, including cloud formations, thunderstorms and rainbows.Located at the northwestern edge of the University of Nevada-Reno campus, the Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium...
Vancouver, Washington
Nestled in the Vancouver/Portland metropolitan area, this park illustrates its history through an archaeology collection and interpretive programs.Fort Vancouver NHS and the McLoughlin House unit offer a variety of opportunities for people of all interests and ages. Whether you prefer a...
Peru, Indiana
Stroll through aviation history from World War II through the Gulf War at the Grissom Air Museum State Historic Site.The museum has 25 legendary aircraft on outdoor display, spanning from WWII to the Gulf Wars. The indoor exhibits feature: aircraft armaments, uniforms, war prizes, cockpits,...
Hill Air Force Base, Utah
This Utah museum features a large collection of missiles and aircraft, including a B-29 "Superfortress". Hill Aerospace Museum is located on approximately 30 acres on the northwest corner of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, about five miles south of Ogden. The museum was founded in 1982 as a...
Philip, South Dakota
The Cold War ushered in a new globally political and military landscape; this national site houses missile silos and control centers from the Cold War. Here you will find remnants of the Cold War, including an underground launch control center and a missile silo. Minuteman missiles held the...
Wallops Island, Virginia
This base is NASA's primary facility for suborbital missions, and it launches rockets and scientific balloons and performs research. Visitors interested in space flight will enjoy the exhibit hall, observation deck, and videos.Rocket launches at WFF can be difficult to view due to the small size of...
Dayton, Ohio
Home of the Wright brothers and long known as the Birthplace of Aviation, the Dayton, Ohio region is now recognized as the National Aviation Heritage Area, in honor of the region’s leadership in our nation’s aviation history.The new National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA) joins 26 other...
Red Hook, New York
This museum explores antique aviation located in Rhinebeck through a museum, airshows, and biplane rides.This museum presents one of the largest collections of early aeroplanes in the world, many of which partake in the weekend airshows. It also features aeroplanes, automobiles, motorcycles, early...
Marshall, Minnesota
This museum combines fun history of Red Baron® pizza with the Stearman biplane squadron. The Stearman biplane has a rich history. In the 1920s, the planes were used primarily to transport mail. When World War II began, the Stearman took on a new role as a training plane for fighter...
San Diego, California
The San Diego Air & Space Museum educates visitors on aviation and space flight history through preservation of significant artifacts and presentation of dynamic exhibits.The San Diego Air & Space Museum educates visitors on aviation and space flight history through preservation of...
Lubbock, Texas
The Silent Wings Museum commemorates a special World War II weapons system utilizing gliders, glider pilots, glider troops and their equipment and troop carrier units.Visitors can transport themselves into the era of swing music and patriotism and experience World War II as told by the glider...
Birmingham, Alabama
The museum uses its extensive collection of aircraft and artifacts to explore the history of aviation in the 20th century.The museum's exhibit halls include the following: Early Aviation Exhibit: The Wright Flyer alongside the Curis Wright Pusher, the birth of one of the first aviation companies in...
Seattle, Washington
The symbol of Seattle was built for the 1962 World's Fair and features an observation deck at 520 ft.
Built in 1962, the Space Needle served as the symbol of that year's World's Fair. It has since become the symbol of Seattle, and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The privately...
Tuskegee, Alabama
This site incorporates a number of scenic sites and activities for visitors to enjoy and take park in, including scavenger hunts.In the 1940's Tuskegee, Alabama became home to a "military experiment" to train America's first African-American military pilots. In time the "experiment...
Fort Rucker, Alabama
The enormous helicopter collection that the museum maintains is only the beginning of the many wonders awaiting visitors at this preeminent institution of aviation history.The United States Army Aviation Museum, located in South-central Alabama, maintains a collection of over 160 military aircraft...
Huntsville, Alabama
Home to Space Camp, Aviation Challenge and X-Camp, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center is recognized as one of the most comprehensive U.S. manned space flight hardware museums in the world.The facilities include Spacedome Theater, Rocket Park, the Education Training Center, which houses NASA's...
Roswell, New Mexico
A hot spot for paranormal history, the museum's exhibits include information on Roswell, crop circles, sightings, Area 51, ancient astronauts and abductions. The mission of the museum is the education of the general public to all aspects of the UFO phenomena. People from around the world travel...
Titusville, Florida
A few miles west of Kennedy Space Center, the Valiant Air Command Warbird museum offers a unique view of aviation history. The museum has a myriad of vintage warbird aircraft and hundreds aviation artifacts on exhibit.Started by a group of 17 individuals in 1977, the Valiant Air Command is...
Richmond, Virginia
Visitors can enjoy the opportunity to view 30 historic aircraft, including airworthy Wright Brothers reproduction aircraft, at this Richmond museum.The Virginia Aviation Museum features the spectacular SR-71 Blackbird; 36 historic, vintage aircraft; reproductions of the Wright brothers' kite,...
Nampa, Idaho
The mission of the museum is to teach and preserve World War II history from the home front to the war front and aviation history from the advent of flight through the space age.The Warhawk Air Museum encourages an educational experience about the technology, culture, and social changes that have...
Manteo, North Carolina
Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after 4 years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flight.On display in the visitor center are a full-scale reproduction of the 1902 glider, a full-scale reproduction...