Directory of Aviation Museums and Exhibits by State

For those interested in vintage planes of the past, there are indeed lots of military DVDs, photographs, and commercial aviation books. But we find that the best way to understand aviation history is to see it up close and personal ... to see the planes, touch them, and sense their size and purpose.

Located across the United States are a number of aviation museums and exhibits which provide excellent historical aviation and warbird overviews.

Listed below is a partial list of museums ... there are many more to visit and explore!

Partial List of Aviation Museums in the U.S. Listed by State

Alaska Aviation Museum	Anchorage	AK
Pioneer Air Museum	Fairbanks	AK
Southern Museum of Flight	Birmingham	AL
U.S. Army Aviation Museum	Fort Rucker	AL
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	Tuskegee	AL
Arkansas Air & Military Museum	Fayetteville	AR
Wings of Honor Museum	Walnut Ridge	AR
Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona Museum	Mesa	AZ
390th Memorial Museum	Tucson	AZ
Pima Air and Space Museum	Tucson	AZ
Planes of Fame Museum	Valle	AZ
Castle Air Museum	Atwater	CA
Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace Museum	Boron	CA
Planes of Fame Museum	Chino	CA
Yanks Air Museum	Chino	CA
Travis AFB Heritage Center	Fairfield, Travis AFB	CA
Aerospace Museum of California	McClellan (Sacramento)	CA
Palm Springs Air Museum	Palm Springs	CA
Joe Davies Heritage Air Park at AF Plant 42	Palmdale	CA
March Field Air Museum	Riverside	CA
Edwards Air Force Base Airparks - USAF Flight Test Museum	Rosamond	CA
Hiller Aviation Museum	San Carlos	CA
San Diego Air & Space Museum	San Diego	CA
USS Midway Museum	San Diego	CA
Lyon Air Museum	Santa Ana	CA
Museum of Flying	Santa Monica	CA
Pacific Coast Air Museum	Santa Rosa	CA
Travis AFB Heritage Center	Travis AFB, Fairfield	CA
Peterson Air & Space Museum	Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs	CO
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum	Denver	CO
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum	Pueblo	CO
Connecticut Air & Space Center	Stratford	CT
New England Air Museum	Windsor Locks	CT
National Air and Space Museum	Washington	DC
Air Mobility Command Museum	Dover	DE
Delaware Aviation Museum	Georgetown	DE
Air Force Armament Museum	Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton	FL
National Navy Aviation Museum	NAS Pensacola	FL
Fantasy of Flight	Polk City	FL
Valiant Air Command	Titusville	FL
Delta Flight Museum	Atlanta	GA
Aviation History & Technology Center	Marietta	GA
National Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force	Pooler	GA
Museum of Aviation	Robins AFB, Warner Robins	GA
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum	Honolulu	HI
Naval Air Museum Barbers Point	Kapolei	HI
Iowa Aviation Museum	Greenfield	IA
Airpower Museum	Ottumwa	IA
Warhawk Air Museum	Nampa	ID
Scott Field Heritage Airpark	Belleville	IL
Illinois Aviation Museum	Bolingbrook	IL
Air Combat Museum	Springfield	IL
Air Classics Museum of Aviation	Sugar Grove	IL
Grissom Air Museum	Peru	IN
Mid-America Air Museum	Liberal	KS
Combat Air Museum	Topeka	KS
Kansas Aviation Museum	Wichita	KS
Aviation Heritage Park	Bowling Green	KY
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky	Lexington	KY
England AFB Airpark	Alexandria	LA
Global Power Museum	Barksdale AFB, Bossier City	LA
Chennault Aviation & Military Museum	Monroe	LA
National World War II Museum	New Orleans	LA
Southern Heritage Air Museum	Tallulah	LA
Collings Foundation American Heritage Museum	Hudson	MA
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum	Lexington Park	MD
Maine Air Museum	Bangor	ME
Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum	Detroit	MI
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum - The Air Zoo	Portage	MI
Selfridge Military Air Museum	Selfridge ANG Base	MI
Yankee Air Museum	Ypsilanti Township	MI
Wings of the North Museum	Eden Prairie	MN
National Airline History Museum	Kansas City	MO
Malmstrom Museum & Air Park	Great Falls	MT
Museum of Mountain Flying	Missoula	MT
Hickory Aviation Museum	Hickory	NC
Wright Brothers National Memorial	Kill Devil Hills	NC
Fargo Air Museum	Fargo	ND
Dakota Territory Air Museum	Minot	ND
Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum	Ashland (Omaha)	NE
Naval Station Wildwood Aviation Museum	Cape May Airport	NJ
Air Victory Museum	Lumberton	NJ
Cannon AFB Airpark	Clovis	NM
War Eagles Air Museum	Santa Teresa	NM
Cactus Air Force Wings & Wheels Museum	Carson City	NV
Cradle of Aviation Museum	Garden City	NY
National Warplane Museum	Geneseo	NY
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum	Hammondsport	NY
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome	Rhinebeck	NY
Military Aviation Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum	Akron/Canton Airport	OH
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force	Dayton	OH
Liberty Aviation Museum	Port Clinton	OH
Champagne Aviation Museum	Urbana	OH
Armstrong Air & Space Museum	Wapakoneta	OH
Charles B. Hall Airpark at Tinker AFB	Oklahoma City	OK
Museum of Women Pilots	Oklahoma City	OK
Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium	Tulsa	OK
Stafford Air & Space Museum	Weatherford	OK
Oregon Air & Space Museum	Eugene	OR
Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum	Hillsboro	OR
Erickson Aircraft Collection	Madras	OR
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum	McMinnville	OR
Pendleton Air Museum	Pendleton	OR
Tillamook Air Museum	Tillamook	OR
Air Heritage Museum	Beaver Falls	PA
Golden Age Air Museum	Bethel	PA
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum	Horsham	PA
Eagles Mere Air Museum	Laporte	PA
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum	Reading	PA
Warbird Park	Myrtle Beach	SC
South Dakota Air and Space Museum	Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City	SD
Minuteman Missile National Historical Site	Philip	SD
Beechcraft Heritage Museum	Tullahoma	TN
Cavanaugh Flight Museum	Addison	TX
Texas Air & Space Museum	Amarillo	TX
American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum	Dallas, DFW Airport	TX
Frontiers of Flight Museum	Dallas, Love Field	TX
Fort Worth Aviation Museum	Fort Worth	TX
Greatest Generation Aircraft Museum	Fort Worth	TX
Vintage Flying Museum	Fort Worth	TX
1940 Air Terminal Museum	Houston	TX
Lone Star Flight Museum	Houston	TX
Silent Wings Museum	Lubbock	TX
Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum	Monahans	TX
Mid America Flight Museum	Mount Pleasant	TX
National WASP WWII Museum	Sweetwater	TX
No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum	Terrell	TX
Historic Aviation Memorial Museum	Tyler	TX
Hill Aerospace Museum	Ogden	UT
Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum	St. George	UT
Udvar-Hazy Center	Chantilly (Dulles Airport)	VA
Military Aviation Museum	Virginia Beach	VA
Heritage Flight Museum	Burlington	WA
Flying Heritage Collection	Everett	WA
Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour	Mukiteo	WA
Museum of Flight	Seattle	WA
McChord Air Museum	Tacoma	WA
EAA AirVenture Museum	Oshkosh	WI
Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin	Sheboygan Falls	WI
Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting	Greybull	WY
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection	Wiltshire	UK

List of United States Air Force Museums

In addition to its main museum in Dayton, the United States Air Force operates a number of excellent field units and heritage centers. We offer detailed reviews of several, as indicated below.

• National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio
• Hill Aerospace Museum - Hill AFB, Utah
• Museum of Aviation - Robins AFB, Georgia
• Air Force Armament Museum - Eglin AFB, Florida
• Global Power Museum - Barksdale AFB

• National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio (Staff Photo)

  Air Force Flight Test Center Museum - Edwards AFB, California
• Air Force Space and Missile Museum - Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida
• Air Mobility Command Museum - Dover AFB, Delaware
• Peterson Air and Space Museum - Peterson AFB, Colorado
• South Dakota Air and Space Museum - Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
• USAF Security Forces Museum - Lackland AFB, Texas
• Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum - F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming
• Malmstrom Museum - Malmstrom AFB, Montana
• Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum - Travis AFB, California
• Enlisted Heritage Hall - Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• Heritage Center - Sheppard AFB, Texas
• Heritage Center - Keesler AFB, Mississippi
• Heritage Center - Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
• McChord Heritage Center - McChord AFB, Washington
• USAF Airman Heritage Museum - Lackland AFB, Texas

List of United States Naval Museums

In addition to its museum at NAS Pensacola, the United States Navy operates a number of excellent units and heritage centers, listed below.

• National Museum of the U.S. Navy - Washington Navy Yard
• National Navy Aviation Museum - NAS Pensacola
• National Museum of the American Sailor - Great Lakes, Illinois
• Hampton Roads Naval Museum - Norfolk, Virginia
• U.S. Navy Seabee Museum - Port Hueneme, California
• Submarine Force Museum - Groton, Connecticut
• U.S. Naval Undersea Museum - Keyport, Washington
• Puget Sound Navy Museum - Bremerton, Washington
• Naval War College Museum - Newport, Rhode Island
• U.S. Naval Academy Museum - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Exterior view of the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola