San Diego Air & Space Museum Balboa Park

 

 

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is open daily 10am to 4:30pm 

 website: https://sandiegoairandspace.org  

For current pricing and exhibitions checkout their website. If you already have been to the Balboa Park Museum check out their secondary location at Gillespie Field in El Cajon for more aircraft and artifacts. 

The original museum opened up to the public in 1963 but a fire in 1978 caused the loss of the entire collection. The museum would reopen two years later in 1980 in its current home in the former Ford building in the southwest corner of Balboa Park. 

Plan on about 1hr to 2 hrs to enjoy the museum. 

 

San Diego Annex Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field

San Diego Aerospace Museum

Gillespie Airport El Cajon 

The El Cajon site serves as an additional exhibit space for the Museum's growing collection, as well as a storage and restoration facility. Located at the northeastern corner of Gillespie Field, visitors can view various aircraft, including many examples of military jets, private sport aircraft and small racing planes. New additions at Gillespie are the S-3 Viking, the P2 Neptune, and Baron Hilton’s Staggerwing.

The Facility is Open to the Public
Wednesday - Sunday • 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Admission Pricing
General (Age12 years & up) • $10.00
$5 for children under 12, free for children under 2

The restoration shop at Gillespie Field, like the one in the basement of the main Museum building, is staffed by highly skilled volunteers. In addition to repairing various historic aircraft, they are able to build authentic reproductions. Current projects for the year include the Boeing FB5 and Aeronca L-3.