Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Armstrong Air & Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, OH, part of the Columbus & Central Ohio guide. Cost: under $25.

500 Apollo Drive · Wapakoneta, OH

Why you should go…

Opened in 1972 in Neil Armstrong's hometown, this museum is built to resemble a lunar base, with earth mounds around a concrete structure and a large white dome. Inside you find the Gemini VIII spacecraft Armstrong flew, his Gemini 8 spacesuit and Apollo 11 backup suit, and an Apollo 11 moon rock. Aircraft include the Aeronca Champion he learned to fly in and his record-setting Learjet 28. A 30-minute documentary plays in the dome room.

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