Reviews of Pearson Air Museum (Museum)

Dean Montgomery

Pearson is a wonderful air Museum with lots to see. Make a day out of visiting Pearson Air Museum, Fort Vancouver, and have dinner at the Grant House on officers row.

Ajbear 25

They wouldn't let me test the planes

james mathes

Pokemon for days

Meow

A good museum

Ed Miner

Kind of cool, glad we went

Ved B Sood

It was good. Lot of information on 1st World War. The ranger was very helpful and taking initiative to explain.

joseph ashmore

A++

Christopher Quintanilla

My dad and I are both disabled but we love to go on outings. He is an old plane buff as well. After touring Fort Vancouver we went straight to the Pearson Air Museum. The air field is very active so you get the added fun of small planes taking off by the museum. The museum is indoors and very disability friendly. We stayed about an hour and had a great time. The docents are friendly and helpful. Most of the planes are very old-a real history of flight. Who knew Lucky Lindy came out to Vancouver to visit his sister!

Kari Smith-Schlecht

My daughter's wedding reception was held at this beautiful venue and it's was AMAZING! This venue is wonderful because of it's size and versatility but also because its a lovely blank canvas that can be turned into what ever you are wanting to achieve.

kevin williams

Awesome free exhibit. Not a lot too see, you can get in and out in 30mins.

Lateef Animashaun

A place I'll always love to visit

Ramiro DeHaro

This place is amazing to see the evolution of aviation

Chris Riedener

This small museum has several important items including a DH4 and a Liberty engine, and a scale model of the Spuce Division cut up plant. My review focuses on the latter. Pearson Airfield is the former site of the cut up plant. The mill played an important role during WW1 and supplied Sitka Spuce to allied contries in Europe. The words Sitka Spuce should get the attention of anyone interested in early 20th century aircraft. The timber industry of course played an enormous role in defining the Pacific NW. If you have an interesed in the latter I recommend a stop at the Oregon Rail Herritage Center. They have a small display that complements this museum. It explains the rail network that was built.

Benny Vo

good fun

Jannet Deur

Great place for weekend with a family. Kids enjoyed so much. Stuff is also very nice.

Pamela Rose

Great space for event. Parking good, clean, large toilets for disabled.

Lars Richter

Nice museum. Tells you a lot about the history of the fort as well as about the beginnings of aircrafts at all. They also show old aircrafts.

JET The JETTouch

Awesome rich history

Bryce Caster

Free air museum with exhibits on the historic airfield and its importance during the early days of military aviation.

Susan Xochihua

Full of very old airplanes. History showing evolution of flight.

Sena Rider

Awesome exhibits, lots of nice volunteers who answered all of our questions and told us about the history of the planes that the boys said were their favorites. Free entry made it even better!

William Henry

The Government Museum and Art Gallery is one of the most visit places. The building is beautifully designed and the art collection on display is also very good with a wide variety of artists and styles displayed.

AR Brice

Who doesn't like airplanes... The museum needs to reopen.

Jim Snedden

Wish I had more time you have to see the movie!!

Russell Olsen

Staff this time we're very unfriendly to kids. We were the only ones there and they yelled at them for saying 'wow' and 'look at that' in excited voices. Very disappointed, doesn't build respect across generations.

Tim Coto

Great museum. Love the history of the area.

Laura Miller

Fun place. It has a few interactive exhibits and the air display is beautiful. It was fun exploring the old buildings and there is a very nice picnic area. Save some money to spend at the shop too. Cool things for sale.

marie o

Its small, but that's ok. Good to take,kids because you will easily see it all. Very simple and,easy introduction of aviation and aviation history to children. Theres some hands on elements that I know the kids like. And afterwards you can,go across the street to a nice and large park.

R. Mystique

Very open and spacious museum, with a good variety of aircraft, right next to fort Vancouver making for a easy double destination

Tim Vinogradov

Great staff, friendly and helpful. Comfortable atmosphere, not too crowded for a Saturday! Will be coming back to see new exhibits this summer

Melissa Amaranthus

It was a great stop, take a walk around and see what vanvouver did. I wouldn't make a special stop of it but, if your in the area it's fun to look around.

Martin Chorley

Great little museum. Interesting displays.

Marcus K.

Great exhibits about the advent of flight. Starting with the wright brothers and through the early technological innovations. Rangers and docent guide you through but you can explore on your own as well. Ignore all the one star reviews. Those have nothing to do with the exhibits here now.

Bill Hensman

Lots of old History there ! Very kid friendly!

Larry Helstrom

Always love this place. Glad they re opened.

ISSAC MARTIN

Free admission. Fun activities for kids.

Cheyenne Calvert

I had my wedding in the air hanger and it was the dreamiest venue ever! Its raw beauty is so easy to transform into whatever vision you have!

Darius Kuzmickas

Awesome!

Colene Davison

My grandson loved our visit there over Spring break!!

Jonathan Putnam

We were there for a WWII event. It was fantastic and very informative. A well done event!

Terry Scott

Fun place to learn for the family, great staff and very informative.

Bruce Calkins

Friendly staff, informative exhibits, and great displays. Small but well organized.

Joshua Maillard

A great place to see some planes with the family!

Tom Grundy

Great museum lots of close up exhibits.

Jim VanNatta

Free educational flight museum. Lots of cool stuff for all ages.

Alejandro Ramirez

Really nice museum. It is free, would reccomend.

Joelene Christiansen

Lovely bit of history

Cate

So much fun!

vickie putnam

Great event venue. The could use portable air-conditioning. Staff was extremely helpful.

Peniaminas Enesi

Awesome!

Frank Silva

Very helpful staff. So thankful it is run by the national parks and thus it is free.

Lepton Spin

Small and friendly air museum showing early aircraft and boards explaining their context in world wars. It's free so if you are nearby, certainly stop by and check it out.

James Beckelhiemer

This use to be a city landmark, Now it's an empty shell. Very sad to see this happen to such a great and important place. If you want a true experience in learning about aviation that's in the spirit of what the museum use to be. Check out the Pearson Field Education Center just 2 blocks down from the old museum.

marco reyes

Good

Kristina Gav

Got married here. It was the best wedding ever!!!!

Jesse Pilling

Amazing displays, very friendly staff, and extremely informative!! Definitely would recommend any history buff or aviation enthusiast to check this place out!!

A.J. Garland

Cool free place to go

Anita Rediske

Love learning about aeronautical history here. It's also fun to walk around and take in the history of the grounds and surrounding areas.

Martha Cel

A very interesting and very nice place the people in charge are very nice

Nina Frampton Meek

So very fun!

niphat viboolkit

Our kids love this museum. This place have a lot of interesting plane and story. Staff of this museum is very kind and helpful. Do not miss this charming museum

Libertie Martin

Learning how planes actually are/were controlled and the history behind the WASP is probably the best part in my opinion.

Jackie Grange

Free entrance, donation box present. A small museum packed with many vintage planes. Great for history buffs who want to read the displays as well as kids to look and walk through. Plus an educational area for children to launch paratroopers.

Christioher Mollette

A museum is difficult to rate accurately because what is the comparison related for judgemet not as a slight but as a esteemed colleague applying constructive criticisms founded on mutual accelerated improvements driven by competion? If we used the Smithsonian institution as our benchmark Institutional museum. Then in the known world or slightly fantastic perhaps; NO ONE COULD COMPARE! Save maybe ancient Alexandria only could critique.This being the case we must resign Pearson to it's own merits and character and see this for what it is. A unique but highly valuable museum and location deserving and owning to proper esteem imparted by historic rarety and Intrinsic worth. What a mouthful, right...ugh. So, for this little museum is it in its own right is a smaller but informed repository of historically accurate local relative items. For the sake of these objects the value of an NPO can't be understated. To support this museum is a worthy cause and effort and you can not go wrong with your patronage. Leave a donation and depending on your level of interest plan on about an hour before the children are ready for something else and tour with a smile. We enjoyed it thoroughly and can't NOT, NOT recommend it. For the value of the money spent, (donation discretionary) how can you possibly loose? Great place to visit, Enjoy.

shelley loring

Historical air museum a must see at Fort Vancouver

Franklin Walker

This museum is located at Fort Vancouver National Park. There are numerous planes exhibited here, some suspended in the air others on the floor. It goes back to the golden age of aviation, when the Germans lead aviation, and moves forward during the first world

Zak Fernandez

Fun place

EARL Wolfe

Very interesting Aviation Musem in Vancouver today. Saw a restored WWI Jennie one of the planes very similar to what the Wright Brothers flue when making their first flight and a plane very similar to the one flown by the Red Germany.! Very interesting exhibit!

Southwestern Railfan

Great airplane museum, small but fascinating. And a great place for riding a bike and a picnic!

konst mos

Nice exhibits for aviation fans and young ones. Nearby fort Vancouver is also a great time. A few early era airplanes available at the museum.

Judy McConathy

Very nice. Antique planes. Russian exhibition. Children activities. Free

Joan Griffith

A wonderful place for the whole family to visit and it is right next to Fort Vancouver!

Paulette Michelle

Showing our son at early age this place was really helpful. Now he has a dream to be a pilot. We are a happy to have this museum in our area. So many vintage planes, a lot of information inside. The place is free to enter, but you still can donate. We were happy to do that and have plans o come back here one year after.

Bruce Miller

Really neat museum for the whole family. Worth the stop

Addie Padilla

This museum is located at Fort Vancouver National Park. There are numerous planes exhibited here, some suspended in the air others on the floor. It goes back to the golden age of aviation, when the Germans lead aviation, and moves forward during the first world war when America began building planes here using Alaska spruce.

Chris Smith

Pretty cool little air museum. Free entry is nice. Only 4 stars because it's so small and doesn't have a lot of aircraft.

Liz Pickering

Really nice place to learn about airplanes.

Kristy Cullin

Awesome location for beer fest hidden treasure

Angry Panda

Very cool

Brian Ennulat

Great tour guide and some beautiful planes, loved the visit there.

James Martinek

Amazing experience. My grandparents and I learned a lot. I am glad like places like this exist.

Peter Reinold

Great place for aviation fans. Pearson Field is one of the oldest still operating airfields in the US. Admission is free and the staff is super friendly. They are very happy to tell you more about this place.

David Carter

Very interesting

Vernon L. Black

Very informative, great staff,good hours,FREE,great poke stop and gyms.

Will

It's small, but really cool. The staff is very friendly and the history is amazing.

Katie Horrocks

Our family enjoys this museum. Great displays of airplanes and the history of Vancouver. They have a room to play a video but it's never been on when we have gone. It's a great FREE museum. Free parking and clean bathrooms. The staff is friendly too.

Tracy Munoz

Loved it

Frank Stowe

Great museum, very educational, we want more! Very helpful staff, rangers, volenteers, lots of yelling kids, so bring your patience!

Leirus Rivera

Cool...

Quincy Maret

The Pearson Air Museum, managed by the National Park Service as part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, is a great little museum. It has many different exhibits which share information about the history of flight, and the history of the site.

Dan Berger

Great place to see and learn about some aviation history. Be sure to catch the video presentation.

R.J. Sherman

Worth the stop for a little history lesson!!

Chris Whitney

Small but nice museum about the pearson air field and Vancouver

Rene Wallis

Free. Interesting slice of history.

Laura McMullin

So much information packed intoa small building

John Post

This is a neat museum.

David McMullin

If you love aircraft, you will like it, Loved my visit.

JoDonn Griffin

Only plan 30 minutes... Small museum

唯识

这是一个小而精致的博物馆记录了早期航空的历史，记录了这个地方的演变的历史，记录了Psarson的事绩，是Fort Vancouver National Historic Site 的重要组成部分。 This is a small and exquisite museum that records the history of early aviation, documents the history of the evolution of the place, records Psarson's achievements, and is an important part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Karen Heckler

this museum is a small little gem. They don't have that many planes on view but if you get there when a volunteer docent is there, they are very knowledgeable and can answer almost any question. The docent that I met was a veteran who knew so much about the Vancouver aviation history. There are a lot of stations that have to be read. It begins with the history of flight at this very field in the early 1900s. Even women were pilots & there is a section dedicated to these early femmes if the sky. The history continues through world war 1 and world war II and the importance of the building that was done at the adjacent fort. Men, as well as women, worked around the clock in order to supply the Pacific Theater with the necessary planes. There is ample parking for free. If you are a history buff and interested in how aviation, in particular, won 2 wars, visit

ken christenson

Decent air Museum.

Marisa O.

Fun free history site with knowledgeable staff and lots of information!

Leaf Fael

Awesome NPS gal working the front desk today! Kids enjoyed the small museum. The front had a fun hands on parachute model.

Marc Dewey

Cool little museum! And it's free! (but please donate) This place looks brand new and the exhibits are very well put together, with a load of history on the fort & surrounding area. A few beautifully restored planes and old military artifacts are on display. The huge scale model of the early fort was really interesting as well. Worth a stop!

Don Spillman

Great ww1 and 2 air plane. And pokey stops

sco say

Spend some time learning from the beginning of plane flight, alot on world war I and the nearby Mill, and the spotter balloons used during WW I.

Timothy Truscott

It's not huge but it's super cool. WWI planes n stuff.

Jim Poole

Went to the fort to the Blacksmith's shop

Andrey Baraban

Good place to take kids.

Viviana Rivera

(Translated by Google) Beautiful (Original) Bellísimo

Pat B

Nice, clean and quiet museum right by a great park

Rob Byrnes

Informative slice of obscure history

M. Q. Smith

Five stars, if you are into aviation history. Pearson Air Field and its Museum are attached to the NPS with the neighboring Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. It is a small (free) museum concerning the aviation history of the adjacent Pearson Air Field involving the Pacific coast as well as the local Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR area. There is a variety of historical planes on display inside the museum. The history of flight is also displayed. Pearson Air Field is well worth a visit if you are interested in early aviation history or that of the Pacific Northwest. A visit here is easily combinable with the nearby Fort Vancouver National Historic Site for an afternoon of additional discovery.

Andre Gross

Small but very informative and interesting.

Justin Hayden

A must see. Great historical information

bruce bromley

Good place for a wedding reception.

Jessica Dugger

Its googles deal. Told me its open til 5 and we showed up to the museum closed. Thanks Google.