Upcoming Events

Unleashing the Venom – Museum Members Only

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

Join us for the unveiling of the Museum’s newest aircraft, the de Havilland DH 112 Venom. Enjoy complimentary beverages and hors d’oeuvres and be the first to see our new exhibit. This event is for Museum Member's only and names will be verified upon RSVP. If you would like to attend but are not a...

de Havilland Venom Exhibit Reveal featuring the USAF Band Brass Quintet

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

Join Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum for a reveal of our newest exhibit, the De Havilland DH112 Venom. The plane will be located on the far-side of the Aviation museum, near Vietnam aircraft and will be celebrated at 1:30 pm. The Air Force Brass Quintet band will be following the reveal with a performance at...

Author Series: Steve Snyder Author of Shot Down

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

Join us for an extraordinary opportunity to meet the author of the award winning book, Shot Down. Winner of 20 national book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted...

Storytellers Series: The Europa Clipper – Making a detailed study of Jupiter’s moon and its potential ocean

Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson Planned for launch in October of 2024 onboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, the Europa Clipper is an interplanetary spaceflight to the Galilean moon Europa. This spacecraft will perform follow-up studies to those made by the Galileo spacecraft during its 8 years orbiting Jupiter. Of specific interest is the...

Bike MS: Oregon

New routes, new venue, and a new adventure. The Bike MS team is excited to announce Bike MS: Oregon is moving to McMinnville in 2023! Nestled in the heart of Oregon’s wine country and 40 miles outside of Portland, our new host town is a warm, inviting, friendly getaway destination. With all new routes, you’ll...

Air Show Watch Party 2023 – Friday Passes

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

Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 - October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...

Air Show Watch Party 2023 – Saturday Pass

Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 – October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...

Air Show Watch Party 2023 – Sunday Passes

Watch the Oregon International Air Show featuring the Blue Angels from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum! From September 29 - October 1, the Oregon International Air Show will be taking place across the highway from the Museum at the McMinnville Airport. Buy passes for our Air Show Watch Party to experience an amazing vantage...

Storytellers Series: The Lockheed D-21 Drone Program

Presenter: Gary Sohn Next to the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb, this was once the second most important United States defense security program. The U.S. was not allowed to fly over China or Russia with crewed aircraft, but the Lockheed D-21—an uncrewed drone—was able to overfly these countries. Attend and learn about this...

Storytellers Series: Our Wandering North Pole

Presenter: Gary Sohn The geographic North Pole is a fixed graphic point, but the magnetic north pole has been wandering about the northern part of our globe for millions of years. Find out what causes this behavior and what affects it can have on living things. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater Cost: Included with Admission

Storytellers Series: NASA’s Amazing Landsat Satellites

Presenters: John Jennings and Donn Anderson  Landsat satellites have been showing us our Earth from space since Landsat 1 launched in 1972! Developed jointly by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Landsat collects data on the forests, farms, urban areas, and freshwater of our home planet generating the longest continuous record of its kind....

Storytellers Series: The Russian Moon Program – What Went Wrong?

Presenter: Tuesday Docent In the 1960s, two great nations competed to “Put a man on the Moon.” Russia's N1 rocket was in development at the same time as the U.S. Saturn V, but theirs failed. Find out why. Location: Space Museum Galaxy Theater Cost: Included with Admission