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San Diego Air & Space Museum

2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, California

Description

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is housed in the former Ford Building in Balboa Park. It contains many originals and reproductions of historic military and civil aircraft and spacecraft such as the Apollo 9 Command Module Gumdrop in the Theodore Gildred Rotunda and reproductions of the early Wright Gliders. It also holds a large collection of archives and a library.

Access & Transport

The museum is on the southwestern side of Balboa Park, about 2.5km north of downtown. Public transport: Rapid 215 and Route 7 stop at the Zoo Driving directions: https://sandiegoairandspace.org/visit/directions

Instructions & Recommendations

Non-commercial photography and video recording are permitted in the Museum We suggest combining this activity with other attractions in Balboa Park such as the San Diego Museum of Art and Japanese Friendship Garden.

Meta review

Visitors find the museum very informative and definitely worth a visit although it is actually not large and many of the exhibits (i.e. aircrafts) are tightly packed together, making it hard to focus on each item in turn. Several reviewers pointed out that they enjoyed the historical progress from Lindbergh's plane to space capsules though some mention that there are disappointingly few exhibits relating to space.

Environmental & Social

Some electricity consumption (a/c and lighting) and helps preserve the technological heritage of the country + educational aspect

Conclusion

The Air & Space Museum is a good option for families with kids looking for an indoor or educational venue or, of course, for fans of all things airplanes. We only wish there was more exhibition space and tickets were more affordable but that's in keeping with most attractions in California...

Key positive

Plenty or cool aircrafts hanging from the ceiling

Educational

Key negative

Relatively expensive

Tight footprint means layout / display isn't ideal

Suitability

No restrictions

About this Rating

TYPE

Desktop

RESEARCHED IN

Updated in July 2023

PROVIDER

Koreval

Included Items
None
Timing
Duration of visit
Closed on Thanksgiving and 25 Dec.

av. transport time:0h 20m

est. visit time:1h 30m

Regulated hours

Monday10:00 - 16:30

Tuesday10:00 - 16:30

Wednesday10:00 - 16:30

Thursday10:00 - 16:30

Friday10:00 - 16:30

Saturday10:00 - 16:30

Sunday10:00 - 16:30

Pricing
Age band
Age band
Regular price / pers.
Senior
65 - 99
US$21
Adult
12 - 64
US$25
Child
3 - 11
US$15
Infant
0 - 2
US$0
Student price is $21

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