Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is best known as the home of the world’s largest wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules “Spruce Goose,” the SR-71 “Blackbird,” and the Titan II SLV Missile. In addition, there are more than 200 historic aircraft, spacecraft and exhibits on display, along with Oregon’s biggest large-format 3D theater.

Great place to visit if you are interested in history, airplanes or both!

Visiting the area with 8 year old granddaughter. Her favorite thing? The Spruce Goose! The docent very patiently answered her questions. The variety of sizes of aircraft was surprising...from the 'personal' to the biggest. Interesting bits of aviation history from Leonardo De Vinci to Amelia Earhart and John Glenn. The space portion was as interesting as the aircraft. Wet cold day so we didn't tour the grounds. This one of those places that you can visit many times and still find something g new. Some things were not available. Restrooms were clean. Admission was about what I anticipated. My sandwich at the Cafe was ok but fairly expensive. Odd set up for food. Great place for those ontested in history or airplane as new or both..

A cannot miss museum.

My wife and I had a great visit at the museum. I’d rank the Evergreen museums as a do not miss. The highlight is the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the ‘Hughes Flying Boat’, ‘the Spruce Goose’, and a big #%! Plane! What a great sight. For an extra charge they’ll let you go up to the cockpit, but sitting in the hold and walking around it was fine by us. Lots of history as well as some props from the movie ‘the aviator’. They have a huge number of other planes, cars, helicopters and rockets on display in two huge buildings. For additional charge they also have an indoor water park with a 747 sitting on top of it and a movie theater. Quite an entertainment complex. It was very quiet when we visited on a Saturday in December. Even so there were plenty of docents around to answer questions. Among our favorite displays was The SR-71 blackbird, a beautiful shiny DC-3, a U2 rocket and to many biplanes to count. Since I drag my wife to airplane museums all over the U.S. she noticed that this was the first one that didn’t smell of gas and oil!

An outstanding, not to be missed museum

We had wanted for many years to see the legendary Spruce Goose, and we were certainly not disappointed. The plane is massive, but beautifully displayed in the spacious building especially constructed for it. The video telling the story of the plane's design and construction and subsequent disassembly and relocation to Oregon is fascinating. The museum also houses an extensive collection of aircraft, from the very beginning of flight to the modern day. We did not have time to check out the Space Museum in the adjoining building, but we plan to do so on another trip.

Spruce Goose Cockpit Tour Is the Best!

Do not miss the additional cockpit tour of the one and only Spruce Goose! I had heard of the Spruce Goose, but I didn’t know all of its history. I really enjoyed watching the video that is near this massive plane or “Flying Boat.” Howard Hughes was much more than eccentric. He was a brilliant inventor and the Spruce Goose proves it in so many ways. The entrance ticket is $22 per adult. It includes both the air museum and the space museum (different buildings). While at the ticket counter, I highly recommend that you purchase the additional guided cockpit tour. It was $30 for the four of us, NOT per person. (Believe me the $7.50 per person extra is more than worth it.) The cockpit area has the pilot and co-pilot seats, plus other seats and views inside the wings. We really appreciated the volunteer guide and his knowledge. It was the highlight of our visit. The Evergreen Air and Space Museum is a Smithsonian-affiliate.

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

Great place to visit if you are interested in history, airplanes or both!

A cannot miss museum.

The Goose

An outstanding, not to be missed museum

Spruce Goose Cockpit Tour Is the Best!

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