Museum of Flying
The Museum of Flying is a private non-profit aerospace museum in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1974, closed in 2002, and reopened in 2012 in a new facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: Friday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: info@museumofflying.org
- Type: Museum
- Description: aviation museum in Santa Monica, California, USA
- Address: 3100 Airport Avenue, 90405
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Monica Airport and Penmar Recreation Center.
Santa Monica Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Santa Monica Airport is a general aviation airport largely in Santa Monica, California, United States, in the Greater Los Angeles area. It opened on April 15, 1923, making it one of the United States' oldest airports, and it has been one of the world's foremost general aviation airports.
Penmar Recreation Center
Park
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penmar Recreation Center is a park.
Expo/Bundy station
Railway station
Photo: Polylerus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Expo/Bundy station is an elevated light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Bundy Drive and Exposition Boulevard in Sawtelle, a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, California. It serves the Metro E Line. Expo/Bundy station is situated 1¼ miles north of Museum of Flying.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mar Vista and Westdale.
Mar Vista
Suburb
Photo: Theshibboleth, Public domain.
Mar Vista is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. In 1927, Mar Vista became the 70th community to be annexed to Los Angeles. It was designated as an official city neighborhood in 2006.
Westdale
Neighborhood
Westdale is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It is represented by the Mar Vista Community Council.
Sawtelle
Suburb
Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sawtelle is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles, on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The short-lived City of Sawtelle grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Sawtelle Veterans Home, and was incorporated as a city in 1899. Sawtelle is situated 1½ miles north of Museum of Flying.
Museum of Flying
- Categories: aviation museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.01474° or 34° 0′ 53″ northLongitude
-118.44761° or 118° 26′ 51″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
85632H72+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1293130367OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
“Museum of Flying” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “サンタモニカ航空博物館”
- Japanese: “ミュージアム・オヴ・フライング”
- Japanese: “ミュージアム・オブ・フライング”
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