Highlights include aWomen in Aviationexhibit and aviation-inspired artwork byStan StokesandRobert Taylor.

This aviation museum is also about more than simply preserving historyits also a space to celebrate the present.

Most recently, the museum hosted theDesert Air Festivalover the weekend of November 15, 2024.

Palm Springs Air Museum

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My Modern Mets editor-in-chief, Eugene Kim, was lucky enough to attend the festival.

Check out some of his images below, as well as some snapshots from the museum itself.

Visitors can get up close to many of the aircrafts and learn the history of these warbirds.

Palm Springs Air Museum

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The Palm Springs Air Museum even allows guests book a flight on select historical planes.

Several of these flights can only carry one passenger at a time.

Discover more about the history of the museum.

Palm Springs Air Museum

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Warbird at Palm Springs Air Museum

Photo: Eugene Kim / My Modern Met

Warbird at Palm Springs Air Museum

Photo: Eugene Kim / My Modern Met

Palm Springs Air Museum

Photo: Eugene Kim / My Modern Met

Warbird at Palm Springs Air Museum

Photo: Eugene Kim / My Modern Met

Warbird at Palm Springs Air Museum

Photo: Eugene Kim / My Modern Met

Palm Springs Air Museum

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