Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
About This Museum
It’s not every day you find a world-class museum where you can literally slide out of a 747 and into a water park. The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an unexpected paradise in the Willamette Valley, a place where the audacity of flight is celebrated with equal parts reverence and pure fun. Its main building is a sprawling, modern hangar that feels more like a cathedral for machinery, with sunlight glinting off the impossibly long wings of historic aircraft. You come here as much for the sheer spectacle as for the history, leaving with a sense of wonder at what humans can build.
Collection Highlights
The undeniable star is the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes's colossal wooden seaplane—its wingspan is longer than a football field and standing beneath it is a humbling experience. But don't miss the SR-71 Blackbird, a sleek, black spy plane that looks like it's moving even while standing still, or the chance to walk through a real DC-3.
Visitor Information
Plan to spend a full day here, especially if you have kids in tow; the space museum is across the street, and yes, the water park with its iconic slides coming out of a real airplane is just as wild as it sounds.
Architecture & Building
The main complex is essentially a massive, functional hangar—clean-lined and industrial, designed to accommodate giants. It’s all soaring steel trusses and vast glass walls that make the aircraft inside feel like they're on permanent, glorious display.
Contact & Location
Address: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, 500, Northeast Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, 97128, United States
Phone: +1 503-434-4180
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