The Pima Air & Space Museum sits at 6000 E Valencia Rd in Tucson, Arizona, and is known to many visitors simply as PASM. It is one of the largest aerospace museums in the world that is not funded by the government, and its collection holds more than 400 aircraft and spacecraft.
What you will see
The museum covers a wide sweep of flight history. Among its holdings are historic military aircraft, commercial planes, and artifacts from space exploration. Because the collection is so large, a visit can range from early flying machines to the vehicles that carried people beyond the atmosphere.
Why visit
- Aviation enthusiasts can compare military and civilian designs side by side.
- Families and history lovers will find a broad story of how flight and spaceflight developed.
- Those interested in engineering can study aircraft up close and see how different machines were built for very different jobs.
Plan on a full day if you want to see a substantial part of the collection, and allow time to wander between the outdoor displays and the indoor halls. Wear comfortable shoes and check the museum's details before you go, including the phone number +1-520-574-0462.
Around the museum
The museum is in Tucson, a desert city in southern Arizona. Pairing a visit with time in the wider city gives you a fuller picture of the region, and the open desert landscape around Tucson makes a fitting backdrop for an afternoon among aircraft.
