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National Naval Aviation Museum with kids.
The National Naval Aviation Museum sits on Naval Air Station Pensacola and is free. After a spring 2026 closure, the base reopened its public areas, including the museum, seven days a week in May.
Checked by a local · November 2026
Before you go
What parents need to know.
- Enter through the NAS Pensacola West Gate. Everyone 18 and older needs a REAL ID card or a passport.
- Foreign nationals can visit if escorted by a U.S. citizen with proper ID.
- Admission is free.
- Blue Angels practice viewing on the flight line behind the museum is suspended until further notice.
- Free admission
- Indoors
- Open seven days
Questions parents ask
National Naval Aviation Museum, answered.
Can the public visit the National Naval Aviation Museum?
Yes. Public access resumed seven days a week in May 2026. Adults need a REAL ID or passport at the West Gate, and admission is free.