Open Daily 10 AM to 5 PM. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas & Feb. 8, 2025

Open Cockpit Saturdays: P-47 Thunderbolt

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:00-12:00 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Bloody Iwo Jima: Iconic Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater by Ed Gordon

The famous photo of the Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi has made Iwo Jima one of World War II’s most iconic battle sites. More than 30,000 Marines and 350 American ships participated in this bloody five-week battle against over 22,000 Japanese soldiers encased in a well-fortified network of caves and tunnels. Learn […]

Open Cockpit Saturdays: F4F/FM-2 Wildcat

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:00-12:00 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Indian Wells Resident Day

Indian Wells Residents receive free museum admission today only!  Show your resident card / driver's license or utility bill at the ticket counter.

Before the Tuskegee Airmen, Came the National Airmen Association of America

Hear the true story of the group of fore-sighted, concerned, and dedicated individuals who came together in the mid 1930’s in the Chicago area to form an organization that actively pursued and set the stage for the participation of African Americans in the fields of aviation and aeronautics. These prescient men included Chauncey E. Spencer, […]

Open Cockpit Saturdays: SBD Dauntless

Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:00-12:00 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer questions and provide the historical back drop for […]

Canada Military Tribute Day

Canada participated in many ways during WWII, more than people realize. Canadian forces landed on Juno beach on D-day and played a large part in the Battle of the Atlantic. By the end of the war, Canada had the 4th largest allied air force in the world. The Canadian military has fought alongside the United […]

Sink the Bismarck! by Dr. Ed Gordon

The clash and subsequent sinking of two behemoth ships, the HMS Hood and the German battleship Bismarck, in May 1941 had decisive consequences for the future of naval warfare in World War II. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941, gunfire from the Bismarck rapidly sunk the HMS Hood, long the […]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) by Michael Carra

Few people realize 1038 women pilots served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWII. These intrepid groundbreaking women came to be known as the WASPS or Women Air Force Service Pilots. This presentation is a look at the history of the WASPS and some of the 38 women pilots who lost their lives in the […]

Masters of the Air – Featuring the Author, Donald Miller

Historian/Author Donald Miller, alongside Producer Kirk Saduski, will be featured in a program on 3/22/25, at 7pm, here at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Miller’s book, “Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany,” (Simon & Schuster), is the inspiration behind the Apple TV streaming series Masters of […]