When people want to see historic aircraft, they often head to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. That’s a good thing, because the huge collection there—housed in the original museum on the Mall and at the Udvar-Hazy center out at Dulles—chronicles aviation history like no other.
But if you are looking for something a bit smaller, more manageable, and closer to home, or a place you can fly into, opportunities abound. Many airports across the country have on-site air museums that you can get through in an hour or less, often while learning about makes and models of aircraft that you never knew existed.
