SFO Museum Aviation Museum and Library
Short closures are posted for particular days; check the hours page.
Free aviation museum and library inside San Francisco International Airport's International Terminal, before security. Open daily 10 to 4:30, no airline ticket needed.
Ways to visit
Aviation Museum (self-guided) Open
Closed on holidays and during posted short closures.
- What you see
- Exhibitssfomuseum.org, 2026-10-27
- How
- Walk insfomuseum.org, 2026-10-27
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunOpen daily 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed holidays. The hours page lists closures for certain mornings and afternoons, so check it for your date.Closed: Holidays, Short closures posted on the hours pageCalendar ↗sfomuseum.org, 2026-10-27
- Booking
- Not statedOnly the library and research help are by appointment; the page gives no booking for the museum itself.sfomuseum.org, 2026-10-27
- Cost
- FreeNo admission charge and no airline ticket needed.sfomuseum.org, 2026-10-27
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
SFO Museum's Aviation Museum and Library is in the International Terminal's Departures Level, before the security checkpoint, so anyone can walk in without a flight ticket. It is free, and its exhibitions change; the site lists several running into 2027. The library and research help are open only by appointment on separate hours. The hours page posts short closures for specific days.
Run by: SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport.
Getting there
San Francisco, CA
Before security on the Departures Level (Level 3) of the International Terminal Main Hall, to the left of the Boarding Area A security entrance. The pin is the airport, not the museum door.
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (37.61889, -122.37500). Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Aviation Museum and Library: 650.821.9900
Last checked 2026-10-27. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- sfomuseum.org/aviation-museum-library/hours… · official page · read 2026-10-27For: name; who runs it; phone and email; Aviation Museum (self-guided): open or closed; Aviation Museum (self-guided): what you see; Aviation Museum (self-guided): kind of visit; Aviation Museum (self-guided): days and hours; Aviation Museum (self-guided): booking; Aviation Museum (self-guided): cost; Aviation Museum (self-guided): requirements
- wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q8688… · Wikidata · read 2026-10-27For: location
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