The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the largest and oldest military aviation museum in the world. Located near Dayton, Ohio this unique free attraction tells the exciting story of aviation development from the days of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk to the present. Each year over one million visitors from around the world tour 10 acres of indoor exhibits, featuring over 400 aircraft and missiles and thousands of artifacts including personal memorabilia, uniforms, and photographs.

From I-75 N: (follow brown signs)
Take 1-70 E (exit 61A) to I-675-S
Take I-675 S to Col Glenn Hwy
Right on Col Glenn to Wright Bros Pkwy
Turn right on WB Pkwy to Springfield Street
Turn right on Springfield to Museum Entrance

From I-75 S: (follow brown signs)
Take I-675 N (Exit 43) to Col Glenn Hwy
Right on Col Glenn to Wright Bros Pkwy
Turn right on WB Pkwy to Springfield Street
Turn right on Springfield to Museum Entrance

From I-70 E and W: (follow brown signs)
Take I-675 S to Col Glenn Hwy
Right on Col Glenn to Wright Bros Pkwy
Turn right on WB Pkwy to Springfield Street
Turn right on Springfield to Museum Entrance

From US 35:
Take I-675 N to Col Glenn Hwy
Right on Col Glenn to Wright Bros Pkwy
Turn right on WB Pkwy to Springfield Street
Turn right on Springfield to Museum Entrance

Hours:
Open seven days a week
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and New Year’s Day, only.

Admission:
FREE admission and parking
Charge for IMAX Theatre and Morphis Movie Ride Theater.
For IMAX schedule and pricing info, click here

All exhibits and displays are well identified to permit touring without guides. Tours offered on a limited basis. The Museum does offer planning assistance for Motorcoach operators, Educational Tours and Reunion Groups. The Museum offers a variety of special events.  For more information please call (937) 255-3286 or check the Museum calendar.

The Museum is handicapped accessible.  Baby Strollers and wheelchairs are available on a limited basis for use inside the Museum building.  No pets please.  Guide and service dogs only.

The Valkyrie Café is located on the second floor of the Museum.  Besides the regular menu, box lunches are available for special/school tours.  Picnic tables are available in the summer months.  Sack lunches cannot be accommodated in the Museum building.

For information about the daily USAF Heritage Tour, Behind the Scenes Tours of the museum’s restoration hangars, and shuttle buses to the Presidential and Research & Development Galleries, visit the Museum’s website.