Reviews of Grissom Air Museum (Museum)

Taylor Utt

It is great for anyone who wants to read about aircraft history. I found it rather cool. It is pretty small and the one attendee definitely managed to stand in one spot the entire time so don't expect much as far as tours go (It is more of a DIY experience). Inside and outside are both rather small, but for a quick and cheap day trip it's worthwhile. I took young children with me and they thought it was very exciting. Outside you can climb the control tower even though it isn't posted anywhere that you can (we missed out because we didn't realize until we had left the museum to the parking area that you could climb it). You literally just walk in, go out to the outside viewing area, walk that circle until you've seen it all (doesn't take long with kids), and then go in to see what's inside. Very small, but inside you can sit in and crawl through a plane. I can't stress the amount of information available if you have time to read it! Well worth the cheap admission fee.

Georgia Wright

Fun stop ! Interesting history that was fun for adults and kids. Interactive cockpits and helicopters that the girls enjoyed. Not crowded and had nice paved walkway around the outside portion making it accessible for all which I thought was awesome.

Lisa Pajkos

The museum curator gave us an amazing your. Chucked full of facts and details. Loved her personality and quick wit!

Myra Nearon

Took my grandchildren. They loved it. Good experience for them. We will definitely visit again.

Dawn Griffith

Amazing new items noted at my annual visit. Much more organized and cleaner than prior years!

Jason Kirkpatrick

When on vacation we always drive by here and say one day we need to stop. I finally had the opportunity to stop and the place was pretty cool. The kids liked the jet they could get in and the helicopter. They had a decent amount of plane's for what it was and a lot of information of the history of the units.

Judy Martone

We were there for the Grissoms Maintainers Reunion on July 13th.

Richard Fisher

Family would always stop here on our way down south. Opened or not, you can pull in the parking lot and just marvel at the awesome aircraft. Still stop by everytime I'm in the area. It's an older installation and I haven't noticed anything new added to the inventory. Would love to see them expand.

Mark Young

A little on the small side, but still a pretty nice place to see planes. They have a couple of exhibits that you can actually climb in.

Jack Leo

Friendly and knowledgeable staff very clean facility well maintained. Aircraft are in generally good condition and an interesting combination of souvenirs and mementos available. If I lived closer than Indy I would probably go more than three or four times a year I go now.

Timothy Holmes

My only reason for just four stars is that they won't let you take your leashed dog on the outside loop to view the planes. Otherwise an interesting place to visit when you are in the area.

Rickardo Yoder

Great history of our air superiority

Sasha Cooper

Loved it, great military museum

Jacob Julian

Great place to play Pokemon Go!

Jeremiah Rust

Awesome museum. The aircraft they have now are in perty good shape even though they don't have asany as they did. The displays inside are really cool along with the artifacts. The tower wasn't open while we were there, I have been up it before and it's a cool view especially if tankers are landing.

James Williams

Cool place and lots of history

WishingAlarm 57

They have lots of pokestops.

Jackie Hedges

Very informative, beautifully displayed. Helpful employees. Just wish there was postcards to keep my memories alive

DJR0101

Great little Museum. If you're in the area poke your head in it's a great little stop

Judy Little

This was a little side trip on a vacation. There are dozens of planes in the yard, each detailing how they were used. Some are rare finds. You can climb the tower and see them all below you. There's a nice sidewalk around the yard. The inside is small, but has interactive parts and you can set inside a couple of aircraft. There is a hall of honor. Dont expect a lot of gus grissom memorabilia or info because there isn't much! Despite the name, it is a decommissioned air force base.

Penny Riley

Fantastic!

Chris Lautz

Fantastic place to see some planes and learn some history! Cold when we visited but still worth the trip!! Recommend!

Dawn Grimes

Great place to visit. Lots of interesting facts about military aircrafts. Hosts are great to talk with. Only 6 dollars to go thru museum.

Seth Allen

Great museum to go to had alot of planes I thought I would never see.

Cassie Brooks

Was an amazing experience

Wendy Clark

Driven by for years and we finally stopped! Got pictures of my boys with one of the types of planes my grandfather would have flown on during WWII.

Paul Talaga

Great museum! My kids loved sitting in all the cockpits and walking around the planes.

Mark Drake

Awesome staff and planes

Andrew Rothweiler

Cool place to learn aircraft history.

Samantha Murphy

This is the coolest museum I've been to in a long time. It's really neat to see what things looked like during the ear and what soliders went through. Will definitely make another trip here sometime.

Brittani Litton

The Air show was amazing

Shane Townsend

Their show was awesome.

Jordan B

Got scammed out of 150$ by these guys during the air show. 3 "VIP" tickets that take you on a shuttle to the actual event and claim to give access to the "designated VIP area." Turns out, the museum isn't actually affiliated with the base, and the "VIP area" they offer isn't the same VIP area at the actual show, but instead it's a mile away from any actual planes.

Nicolaas Staalberg

I very much enjoyed stopping here. Lots to looks at inside, and the planes outside we're very well displayed.

Kevin Psurny

Well worth seeing,

kp s

Awesome planes. Take the kids

Bill Iannuzzelli

Overall the air show was average. Planners need to get more information out on the air show before the event. There were no details on Facebook or the Grissom web page. We had no idea when things would take place unless we bought a program!

Roehulio

The car show was pretty cool but the Actual Air Museum was alr

Jenn Thomas

FAMILY TIME!!! DAUGHTER LOVED IT! HAD GOOD TIME. FRIENDLY STAFF AMAZING THINGS TO SEE. WILL BE BACK!!!!

Mike Collins

Smaller than the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH but still a great place. It took me about 2 hours or so to go through the entire place. Almost all of it pertains only to aircraft and events at Grissom AFB. There were a couple of really good hands-on displays inside. And plenty of static displays outside. I definitely recommend checking this place out of you're ever in the area.

Rebekah Hewes

Saw an outdoor concert there. Is was nice!

Don Medsker

Museum was good --- air show was not much and to long delays

andy anderson

The people take great care of the museum. Great displays. Well worth the time to visit.

Zach Price

Heading back home, we passed a sign for the Grissom Air Museum, and my momma immediately turned back...no regrets at all as it was simply amazing. The photos are all outside, but inside the museum is just as impressive, if not more, with the amount of history, bravery, and pride dedicated to the contributions of Hoosiers and especially, all of our nation's heroes, past, present, and future. To all of our men and women, serving currently or who have served to protect us in any form over the years, thank you.

cris roush

Love the selection of aircraft on display. Unfortunate that most are in need of paint and maintenance. However, just another reason to show support and pay them a visit. Be sure to visit the Dutch Cafe across the street!

william smith

Awesome place to see aircraft and history

James Box

Our boys had a lot of fun here. It's small but cheap and well worth it, even in the rain!

Allen Tucker

If you have younger kids, hit this museum on US-31. Not only are there some very classic examples of war planes and helicopters outside, but inside there are cockpits of planes and helis that you can sit in. A lot of memorabilia as well. I believe it was $6.50 for adult admission and kids were free. A must stop during a road trip.

Charles Brannon

Great place to stop in and see some history. My family of 5 spend about an hour here. You could spend several hours of you take your time.

jim denham

Just because you close the judging at a certain time you still should let cars come in they'll pay to be there they don't have to be judged you lost $30 that I know of yesterday this needs to change you had plenty of room to let another 50 cars in there that I know of and your classes you need more classes you got too many in a class from 1955 to 79 that's that's too big a class

Nate VanderVeen

Definitely a great place to stop and see some cool aircraft. Everything seems really well maintained.

Mary Taylor

Very cool place. And everything is hands on and you can get up close with all the planes!!

ja Abreu

So much to see

Phyllis Crow

Very educational

Joshua Z

Cool place to visit that is fairly priced.

Mark Troilo

Great place if your into military planes, worth the six bucks for sure. The elderly volunteers are very knowledgeable & will tell you ALL about every plane! LOL Average time to walk through is probably 2 hours.

Todd Martin

I know he sees a lot what I would love to take my grandson to this air Base

Tyler Cooper

Great place with a whole field of planes, and even a cold war era "drone." You can get close to the Jets out in the field, but if you really want to feel like your flying there are a few mockup cockpits you can actually climb into inside the museum.

Monica Peterman

Awesome place to see old planes

Renae I

The museum is truly worth the stop and the small price of admission great for kids and adults alike. lots of history even the ones to young to understand will have a great time.

Samantha Hoff

Such a awesome place

Eddie Hurt

A great museum with lots of well maintained and displayed aircraft. Well worth the stop. I enjoy the interior displays but the aircraft outside how they were displayed were fantastic. The control tower and being able to take photos from the tower may the experience fantastic.

Brittany Evans

Amazing for all ages, affordable, handicap friendly, great customer services. We will be making an annual trip.

Eric Jordan

Airplanes! Seriously tho, airplanes. They have some good ones.

edward schrey

Well worth the drive if you like air Force history this is a must visit great place to bring the family

Chrispian Ashby

Small museum with most exhibits outdoors. Kids really liked visiting and seeing the different aircraft. Very friendly staff.

Susette Garcia

Everyone Needs to go see this it's fun and educational

Marsha Jones

Nice travel break: friendly hostess, airplanes, and picnic area for our lunch.

Ken Vaughn

Great place to go with family

Scott Pavlock

Awesome little museum. Plenty of historically significant aircraft that you can walk right up to. The gentleman working the entrance was very welcoming.

Elisha Leuck

The planes here look really cold. also a really good place to play pokemon go or ingress

Brenda Cason

Camt wait to see it again

Wil Miles

Lots of info on each plane

Michael Wraight

Lots of history! Kids loved it. A great place for aviation lovers.

Edward D Jorgensen

Fairly small place, but only $5 for military dependents and active duty, there's a lot of information and the displays are fairly cool. Definitely worth the detour.

Tera Smith

The staff were very kind, helpful and knowledgeable! My kids learned so much and had fun making the movie "Space Wars" while at the museum! :) They are already talking about wanting to go back the next time we are in the area. Being able to climb up the Air Traffic Control tower was a bonus.

Christus Nikitas

Way cooler than it looks from the highway, this is actually one of my favorite aviation museums. An interesting collection with some more unusual pieces outside and some cool interactive stuff for kids and adults alike inside (I mean where else can you crawl through the intake of an f4?) When you're there make sure you don't miss one of the coolest scale model collections I've ever seen (near the bathrooms). The majority of the aircraft are outdoors and there is little shade so do be prepared for that. However, none of the aircraft are "roped off" so you can walk right up to/under/around all of them which is super cool, I personally love being able to see the hustler from all angles (Even above from the control tower!) It looks small but you can easily spend a couple hours here and it's cheap as dirt. Finally the staff is awesome, knowledgeable and clearly passionate about aviation.

Christopher Light

Wonderful museum of Aviation. Easy to get about. Great for kids, who might become bored with the static displays, but there are several cockpits that they can get in and out of.

A. J. Shea

I toured Grissom AFB today. What an amazing place. The guides were very knowledgeable. The place was clean.

Laura Elizabeth

This museum was so fun! And very kid friendly!! Super affordable and has a gift shop :)

Becky Myles

We were driving by and decided to stop and visit. Neat museum and we had a lot of fun.

Jim Blomberg

Nice small museum. Worth the stop. The people who run the place are nice and knowledgeable. Grounds are well keeped.

Jared O'Dell

Always have loved stopping by since I was a kid. My son loves planes.

Ken Noll

Definitely stop here! Only $6 per person and lots of cool stuff!

Jake Schumacher

Great museum. Worth stopping in. Gauruntee you learn something.

Mark Mavracic Sr.

Awesome place to see history. Rain kept the Thunderbirds from flying

Timothy Moradi

Great place to see, touch, and learn about aviation history. It also intermixes with the local areas history and our nation's air power history through the Cold War. Several static displays, a tower you can climb up, a bunch of patches and military history items for sale, and several aircraft trainers you can see and climb into. Truly hidden gem in Indiana.

Matthew Robinson

Nice little museum. My child loved it!

ronnie prater

It is a way to get military history and see some of the aircraft that made that history.

Matt Elwood

Nice place. Very nice people. Went for and AMC car show.

Mark Cooper

Well laid out , great variety of aircraft, and you quite often see Air Force planes flying overhead. Lots of interaction for kids as well, cockpits and helicopters to sit in and explore.

Chadrick Poole

Knowledgeable staff, lots for the kids to see, touch and do, and not bad for the parents too. Well priced gift shop!

Sam Edwards

Pretty cool place and the people were very friendly

Bev Williams

Excellent. Tower (200) steps gave an awesome view. The signs around each airplane were educational and informative. Easy to walk with seating available for breaks all the way around. The interior museum has a small gift shop, and is laid out by war (Vietnam, Cold, WW, etc). The staff are volunteers, I think, and very knowledgeable and helpful. Definitely worth the trip.

Israel Romo

Great place to see historical planes.

larry sosbey

Had a great time.

Blaise Ralston

Tons of aircrafts to visit and if you play pokemon go you get 15 pokestops to hit every 5 mins

Ronald Clise

My daughter's "happy place" is anywhere she can see aircraft. While on a recent pass through the area she saw the grissom air museum and requested that we visit again sometime soon. Today was that day. One detail that we liked is that the self-guiding walking tour outside not only mentions the particular kind of aircraft you are viewing and some interesting facts about it, but says interesting facts, history, and so on about THAT PARTICULAR aircraft. It makes it much more personal. A GREAT venue for anyone who values and appreciates American military aircraft. I look forward to seeing how it evolves over time.

Michael Moore

Staff was knowledgeable and friendly. The air craft were well maintained. There was some nice little surprises like letters home from services members from WWII to the 80's

Kristen McKinley

Interactive with the public, new things have been added to the museum, and the outside section was interesting with the plaques that has information about each jet/plane.

Big Z

Never had ben there me an my boy stopped . An it was very interesting to see the plane's up close like that

Matthew Evans

This museum is fairly small but has a bunch of history packed into it. The staff is amazing, including many veterans, and even a WWII veteran that was on a B17 crew and survived being shot down, not to mention survived a POW camp. This is a must visit destination if you want to learn about Grissom's aviation history.

Don Gray

Good place to visit

Nathan Makinen

Perfect for a family outing. The kids loved the real life cockpits you can enter for a picture. The Huey helicopter and F4 phantom were their favorites. They have a display of a jet engine cut open to see how it works. To see a F14 tomcat was stunning. They also have an sr 71 blackbird drone, F4 phantom, and refueling jets.

eatsnopaste

Very interesting. Planes outside are amazing, the info and exhibits inside are very informative.

Briana Pebley

Really an amazing place if you are into aircraft histroy or just history itself.

thwolfguardian16

The people who run the museum are super nice, and the museum itself is quite interactive. I love it!

Joshua Spradling

Alot of walking but very interesting

Jacob Earl

.Absolutely amazing experience. Definitely will be coming back

Jacob Woods

Lots of historical planes to see and read about. Plus we were able to watch planes landing and taking off from the nearby Grissom Air Force Reserve Base

april alfalla

Convenient place to stop at after returning from The Dunes.

Lourdes Mendoza

Love all the history very friendly staff

Donita Burthay

This place was really awesome!!! We enjoyed it alot!!! Nice to see all the history!!! It's open Thur-Sun 10am-6pm. $5 Per Person Kids 5 and under-Free

J c

Great history lesson

Susan Muske

Great experience. Interesting history. Nice picnic area.

Karri Hill

My uncle and I had a great time going through the museum. He served there and the history from him made the tour even greater.

Arthur Norman

Awesome place

Chris Obudho

Great museum. Friendly staff. It was awesome to reminisce. Really well done Security Police exhibits!

Lee White

This is my second time, visiting/camp here, with my Scout Troop, in fours years? We all enjoyed the museum inside and out. The planes/jets are amazing, and inside interactive displays are great. We will be back.

Nathan Overmyer

Great exhibits! I loved the information about the actual aircraft that are on display, very cool tidbits. I don't remember seeing that at other museums before.

Tim Spradlin

A terrific museum with unique aircraft displayed outdoors. There is also an indoor learning center with multiple hands on exhibits that are perfect for kids. If you like aircraft or military history, this is a must see.

Craig Wilson

Nice little air museum

Danielle

Seem great my older sister does cap here she gotten a award there today she loves it too

Joe Ferro

Great place to visit and very friendly staff

Mark R

Friendly staff and is a nice place to stop by and visit on your way through to stretch your legs. Planes are awesome and well kept. Really nice building as well. Highly recommend if you are into aviation.

Biggeejack Harley

My old Air Force Base.

Matthew Ellingsen

They have some neat old aircraft. Not bad for an inland air museum. The staff is friendly and helpful as well.

Dan Wilson

Great car show also today

Larry Turner

Great museum and was there with a retired air force person so I was well informed

Jennifer Swan

For a museum it actually was eye appealing and kept my young kids interested. Neat place. Great gift selection. Friendly and informative cashier guy.

Christopher Rieder

Happened to be passing by on US 31, saw the aircraft displays, did a quick 180 at the next intersection and visited the museum for a short visit. Spoke at length with volunteer John, a 40 year USAF vet. He was charming and a wealth of information. Checked out all the various aircraft on display. All but a couple were in really good condition with very informative plaques by each aircraft. Wish I had more time to spend inside. Well worth the effort. Admission fees were very reasonable.

Mary Beth Linville

Cool place to visit

Debbie Wilkie

This was my first time in this area and also to an aerospace museum. It was small, but can't wait to bring my grandkids here, I think they would have a blast! For a smaller museum, they have quite a few things the kids can sit and pretend they are the pilot. Not just all boring stuff to read and look but don't touch! Also, the little gift shop has reasonably priced items to purchase which helps the museum ... How can you leave without buying SOMETHING?!

Lenda Ferguson

It has alot of history about Vietnam, how the airforce came into play and many thing to see. Like equipment, weapons, claymore mine, prc 77, gas mask, boomers, war planes. I had a good time.

Sheila Jabaay

Really old planes facility is well maintained, interesting about our history!

Rebecca Creque

Interesting history and well-maintained. We enjoyed our walk-through. We spent a couple of hours there on our way home from an event.

Vanessa Cooper

Had a great time, even though it was very humid outside. A lot of nice planes, I took some great pics. They also have a nice gift shop!

Matthew Beam

Great place to learn some history!

Vicki Garrett

Great place to stay.

Mike Hall

Great for kids all ages

Mandie Kirkpatrick

Nicely kept Air Museum with a variety of aircrafts and historical displays. Our boys loved the fact that they could climb into some of the planes and heli!

James Copenhaver

Great history and displays grandson loved it. We were lucky when we were on the tower when two air tankers landed. , they seemed so close . Will continue to take grandkids there.

Gracie Browning

I'm a part of Civil Air Patrol and we meet up here. It's a great place to learn about airplanes and other information you need for airplanes and relating topics.

Linda Beattie

Totally awesome

Thomas Cunningham

Good museum, very well run. And as of March 2018, might be thought of as a work in progress. Could use more indoor room; it is jammed with various static displays from different eras. The "complete" and often very large aircraft are all outside, arranged in a parklike green. As with almost all mid-size museums, it could use more, and especially newer, aircraft. And unfortunately, there is almost nothing there about Gus Grissom, except a portrait.

Richard Ruud

My grandson enjoyed everything about this museum. The person who greeted us was very friendly and very helpful. My wife and I were surprised by the number of planes and the variety. Will return with other relatives in the future.

Kay Clawson

Great place to take children and adults. Lots of military items and planes to look at.

Seagull Music

I went here with my girlfriend and we LOVED it!!!! We are definitely going back soon!