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

Open Cockpit Saturdays: F4F Wildcat

Schedule: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM each Saturday 2/4: F4F Wildcat 2/11: F-104 Starfighter 2/18: Closed For Gala 2/25: P-40 Warhawk  Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made […]

Change of program: Tuskegee Airmen

This program on the Tuskegee Airmen will be presented by the United States' pre-eminent aviation artist, Stan Stokes. Stokes interviewed and painted dozens of Tuskegee Airmen for the Tuskegee Mural at the Palm Springs Air Museum, originally commissioned by The Tuskegee Airmen Foundation. Stokes will share personal stories of the Tuskegee Airmen.                     Presenter: Stan […]

INVISIBLE WARRIORS: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN WORLD WAR II (Documentary Screening)

The film is an unforgettable conversation among a diverse group of African American “Rosie the Riveters” who recount what life was really like during World War II. They are hard working underdogs of high character who do battle and win. They fled lives as domestics and sharecroppers to empower themselves while working in war production […]

Snoopy and the Red Baron

Charles Schulz introduced Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace in 1965, and over the decades the Flying Ace has become one of Snoopy’s most recognizable personas. This traveling exhibition from the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, titled Snoopy and the Red Baron, tells the full story of the charismatic and beloved […]

Open Cockpit Saturdays: F-104 Starfighter

Schedule: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM each Saturday 2/4: F4F Wildcat 2/11: F-104 Starfighter 2/18: Closed For Gala 2/25: P-40 Warhawk  Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made […]

Palm Springs Air Museum Gala 2023

Save the date for this very important event honoring our heroes of aviation and military service. 2023 Gala event details can be found at https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/gala/. Please call 760-482-1832 for additional information. 

Final Flight Final Fight: My grandmother, the WASP, and Arlington National Cemetery

When Arlington National Cemetery refused to accept her grandmother's last request to be laid to rest there, she refused to let her legacy as a veteran die along with her. Presenter Erin Miller’s grandmother, Elaine Danforth Harmon, flew as a pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II. Despite being part […]

Open Cockpit Saturdays: P-40 Warhawk

Schedule: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM each Saturday 2/4: F4F Wildcat 2/11: F-104 Starfighter 2/18: Closed For Gala 2/25: P-40 Warhawk  Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made […]

The Shadow Army: European Resistance during the Second World War

As the tyrannical regime of Nazi Germany spread its grip over Europe, its criminal oppression of peoples spawned increasingly powerful resistance movements in every occupied country. It became increasingly apparent as the war lengthened that the German Wehrmacht was not invincible. The savage acts of repression, hostage taking, and the persecution of Jews, labor leaders, […]

Saturday Open Cockpit: Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV

Schedule: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM each Saturday Museum guests are treated to the extra special experience of being allowed to sit at the controls and pose for pictures. From 10:30-12:30 each Saturday, a selected aircraft will be opened up and made accessible to the public. Museum Volunteers will also be on hand to answer […]