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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE

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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum

28210 W Park Hwy · Ashland, NE

Why you should go…

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum keeps its aircraft indoors in two buildings totaling 300,000 square feet in Ashland, between Omaha and Lincoln. You can walk around an SR-71 Blackbird, a B-52 Stratofortress and an F-117 Nighthawk, plus Cold War missiles and an Apollo command module. Daily docent tours start at the nose of the SR-71, and the Digitarium planetarium adds shows. The collection began at Offutt Air Force Base in 1959 and moved here in 1998.

  • #aviation museum
  • #cold war history
  • #aircraft
  • #planetarium

Good to know

General museums guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Check the special exhibition separately

    Touring shows usually carry their own ticket and their own opening hours, listed apart from general admission.

  • Look for the free window

    Many museums run community days, member evenings, or discounted late openings. It is worth a look before you pay full price.

  • Travel light through the door

    Large bags and backpacks often have to go to a coat check, and lines for it move slowly at opening.

  • Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons

    School groups clear out by early afternoon midweek, while weekends stay busy from late morning on.

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