Category: California
Aviation Museums in California
Below is a list of all aviation and aerospace museums we've visited in California. Which one is your favorite? You can comment on and rate museums at the end of each post. Click here to view all museums on an interactive map.
USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum
On October 17th, 1998, CV-12 was opened to the public as the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum in Alameda, California. It is permanently moored at the same Pier 3 where CV-8 was docked while loading Doolittle’s B-25s on April 1st, 1942.
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Aerospace Museum of California
The Aerospace Museum of California, originally known as the McClellan Aviation Museum, was founded in 1982 as a part of the US Air Force museum system.
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Air Force Flight Test Museum – Blackbird Airpark
Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, California is an annex of the Air Force Flight Test (AFFT) Museum at Edwards AFB and was officially dedicated on September 27, 1991.
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Gillespie Field Annex – San Diego Air & Space Museum
A visit to the San Diego Air and Space Museum is not complete without a short trip to Gillespie Field where the museum’s annex is located.
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum opened its doors for the first time on February 15, 1963, in the Food and Beverage Building in Balboa Park.
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Air Force Flight Test Museum – Century Circle
The Century Circle exhibit features all six Century Series fighter jets tested at Edwards AFB during the Cold War.
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USS Midway Museum
The USS Midway Museum is one of the 5 aircraft carrier museums in the US and one of only two on the West Coast.
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Santa Maria Museum of Flight
The history of the Santa Maria Museum of Flight began in 1983, when local business leaders got together to discuss the idea of preserving aviation history of the Santa Maria Valley.
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Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center
The Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center, founded as the Travis Air Museum in the 1980s, is located on the grounds of the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.
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Estrella Warbirds Museum
Estrella Warbirds Museum is located at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport, originally built in 1943 as the Estrella Army Air Field.
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Oakland Aviation Museum
The Oakland Aviation Museum occupies a hangar of the former Boeing School of Aeronautics which initially trained civilian pilots and then aircraft mechanics for the Army Air Corps and Navy during World War II.
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March Field Air Museum
The March Field Air Museum, located along the Interstate 215 on the west side of the March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California, displays one of the largest collections of military aircraft on the West Coast.
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