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Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK

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Alaska Aviation Museum

An aviation museum at Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage that focuses on Alaska's flying history.

4721 Aircraft Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99502 · Anchorage, AK

About Alaska Aviation Museum

The Alaska Aviation Museum sits on Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage. Its work since 1988 has centered on preserving Alaska's aviation heritage and encouraging public interest in flying. Its areas of focus include bush flying and the World War II Army base on Adak Island. Visitors can explore four hangars of exhibits and vintage aircraft, watch volunteers restore a WWII Curtiss P-40 in the Cecil Higgins Restoration Hangar, and climb Seybert Tower to watch seaplanes and listen to the Ted Stevens International live radio feed from the Lake Hood tower. Docent-guided tours cover Alaska's history through aircraft, and students can also visit on self-guided field trips.

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  • #seaplanes
  • #Alaska history
  • #bush flying
  • #WWII

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