College Park Aviation Museum

1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College Park, Maryland

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Size: 154 x 38

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+1 301 864 6029

The College Park Aviation Museum opened in 1998 and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum is a 27,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility located on the grounds of the world's oldest continuously operating ... more on Pgparks.com

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It is a great place, so much smaller and more manageable than Air and Space Museum. more on GoCityKids

Security staff was ever present but not intrusive! more on GoCityKids

Since one wall of the main gallery is all glass and overlooks the active airport, unless the weather is terrible, you're likely to see planes taking off and landing right outside the museum! more on TripAdvisor

Easy to get to, easy parking, reasonable rates, and very nice personnel. more on GoCityKids

Also great food and kids rides for all to sample. more on GoCityKids

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The oldest continuously operating airport in the world. The Wright brothers trained military pilots there. Many planes on exhibit. Hands on section for kids and a modern ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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This is a gem of a museum. It's right at College Park airport. The displays cover Marconi and his radio right through to Wright who took a flight here in College Park. There are radio sets and airplan ... more on TripAdvisor

This museum is not as slick as the one in the Smithsonian, but it offers a lot in aviation history. It's in an accessible area of College ... more on TripAdvisor

This is a very kid-welcoming museum that will also interest adults. It is a gentle place with lots of information and things ... more on TripAdvisor

As the oldest, continuously operated airport in the world, College Park's Aviation Museum has interesting surprises for even those not interested in aviation. The site served as a "1st," in so many ac ... more on TripAdvisor

My wife and take the Collge Park Metro in to work everyday. We always see the signs for this aviation museum and talk about how we should check it out. Well last weekend with the heat index into the 1 ... more on TripAdvisor

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We went when my kids were 5 and 3, and they spent hours in flight jackets and climbing in and out of a biplane. It is a great place, so much smaller and more manageable than Air and Space Museum. My daughter's preschool went back ... more on GoCityKids