Upcoming Events

Celebrate 120 Years of Flight

Evergreen Giant Screen Theater 490 NE Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

BUY TICKETS The Aviation and Space Museums will be open during normal operating hours to invite event ticket holders to explore legendary exhibits prior to the celebration. Ticket holders are invited to be seated in our Giant Screen Theater by 3pm to enjoy the celebration's live speaking engagements.  Private pilot and KOIN's Chief Meteorologist Natasha Stenbock will share...

Storytellers Series: Nasa’s Innovative Artemis CLPS Initiative

Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson As part of NASA’s Artemis moon program, CLPS, which stands for Commercial Lunar Payload Services, is designed to establish private sector lunar lander services to deliver small and medium sized scientific payloads and technology demonstrations to the Moon’s surface. Come learn more about this plan to use commercial capabilities...

New Year’s Eve 1940s Hangar Dance w/ Live Big Band

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

Swing in the new year with a 1940s Big Band Hangar Dance at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! All proceeds will benefit the Museum.Got Your Six Aviation and Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum proudly present the 2023 New Year's Eve Big Band Hangar Dance beneath the Spruce Goose at Evergreen Aviation Museum!All proceeds from this...

Storytellers Series: OSIRIS-REx: To the Asteroid Bennu and Back Again

Presenter: Donn Anderson NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security - Regolith Explorer) is the first U.S. space mission to orbit a near Earth asteroid and return a sample from it safely to Earth. This seven year mission to Bennu successfully landed its capsule last September. Analyzing the on board sample will help scientists...

The Life & Times of Bessie Coleman – The First Black Female and First Native American Pilot

Join us as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. WHEN: Feb. 15th 6:00PM - 7:00PM and Feb. 16th 10:00AM...

The Life & Times of Bessie Coleman – The First Black Female and First Native American Pilot

Join us as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. WHEN: Feb. 15th 6:00PM - 7:00PM and Feb. 16th 10:00AM...

1-Day Barnstormer Camp

Aviation Museum 500 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

Join the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum as we explore Bessie Coleman’s pioneering journey to become the first Black woman and first Native American descendent to earn a pilot’s license. Coleman’s inspiring life story, related through a live theatrical performance by her great-niece Gigi Coleman, encourages individuals to achieve their dreams. Come along with us...

Snapology’s Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

Join Snapology at the iconic Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum to explore the world of transportation in this engaging and fun class! Children will build models of their favorite forms of transportation as they learn about energy, wheels and axles, air resistance, and more. In this session we will focus on airplanes; those teams which...

Storytellers Series: NASA’s Amazing Mission to the Asteroid Belt

Presenter: John Jennings NASA’s innovative DAWN spacecraft studied the conditions and processes of the solar system’s earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets in the Asteroid Belt still remaining intact since their formations: the giant asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, two main asteroid belt worlds that followed very different evolutionary...

The Nighthawk Experience: Desert Storm

Evergreen Space Museum 510 NE Captain MIchael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR, United States

In commemoration of the 33rd Anniversary of Desert Storm, the Museum is hosting a Desert Storm-themed, “The Nighthawk Experience.” If you were not able to make the first "The Nighthawk Experience" or you would like to learn more about Operation Desert Storm, this event is for you. The event will feature Major General Gregory Feest,...