College Park Aviation Museum
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🎨 Museum · College Park
1.5 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 30 min driveFrom Rockville · Parking: Free lot; admission about $5 adults, about $2 ages 2–17
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Fine on cold days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Winter · Spring · Summer · Fall
A small museum beside the world's oldest continuously operating airport: one hall with a dozen or so vintage aircraft, a cockpit mockup you can sit in, flight suits for photos, and a play corner for toddlers, with big windows onto the runway where small planes take off and land now and then. Admission is a few dollars and an hour and a half is just right.
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