List of United States Air Force museums

The United States Air Force maintains a number of Field Museums and Heritage Centers.[1]

Current museums

National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Air Force Armament Museum – Eglin AFB, near Valparaiso, Florida
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum – Edwards AFB, near North Edwards and Rosamond, California
Air Force Space and Missile Museum – Cape Canaveral AFS, north of Patrick AFB and Cocoa Beach, Florida
Air Mobility Command Museum – Dover AFB, near Dover, Delaware
Barksdale Global Power Museum – Barksdale AFB, near Bossier City, Louisiana
Enlisted Heritage Research Institute – Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Hill Aerospace Museum – northwest of Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah
Malmstrom AFB Museum – Malmstrom AFB, Montana
McChord Air Museum – McChord AFB, near Tacoma, Washington
Museum of Aviation – near Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia
Peterson Air and Space Museum – Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sheppard AFB Heritage Center – Sheppard AFB, Texas
South Dakota Air and Space Museum – Box Elder, South Dakota (outside the main gate of Ellsworth AFB)
Thunderbirds Museum – Nellis AFB, near Las Vegas, Nevada
Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center – Travis AFB, near Fairfield, California
USAF Airman Heritage Museum – Lackland AFB, Texas
Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum – F.E. Warren AFB, near Cheyenne, Wyoming

Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995)[2]
Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine – Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas (closed in 2011)
USAF Security Forces Museum – Lackland AFB, next to San Antonio, Texas (closed in August 2014)[3]

These museums were once part of the Air Force museum system, but have since become private:

"Other Aviation Museums". National Museum of the US Air Force. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
Leland, John W.; Wilcoxson, Kathryn A. (May 2003). The Chronological History of the C-5 Galaxy (PDF). Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Office of History, Air Mobility Command. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
"About Us". USAF Police Alumni Association. USAF Police Alumni Association. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
"Welcome!". Aerospace Museum of California. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
"World War II Air Force Memories Will Abound at Castle Museum". West Side Index. 18 June 1981. p. 11.
"Face Lift on Tap for Air Museum's 'Movie Stars'". The Sun. McClatchy. 3 January 1995. p. B6.
"Castle Air Museum Struggling to Stay Open". Visalia Times-Delta. 30 November 2002. p. 2C.
"Grissom Air Museum Hires New Director/Curator". Mitchell Tribune. 13 September 1995. p. 4.
"Our History". March Field Air Museum. March Field Air Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
"About Us". Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

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United States Air Force Museums
Current	National Museum of the United States Air Force Air Force Armament Museum Air Force Flight Test Center Museum Air Force Space and Missile Museum Air Mobility Command Museum Barksdale Global Power Museum Enlisted Heritage Research Institute Hill Aerospace Museum Malmstrom AFB Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Aviation Peterson Air and Space Museum Sheppard AFB Heritage Center South Dakota Air and Space Museum Thunderbirds Museum Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center USAF Airman Heritage Museum Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum
Closed	Beale Air Force Base Museum Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine USAF Security Forces Museum
Former	Aerospace Museum of California Castle Air Museum Grissom Air Museum March Field Air Museum Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum