Tours and Tickets to Experience Pima Air and Space Museum

Tickets for the Pima Air and Space Museum for 1-day access cost US$22.50 for adults and young people over the age of 13, US$20.50 for military members and veterans, US$19.75 for seniors over the age of 65, and US$16 for children aged 5–12. Kids under the age of 5 enter for free. You can also buy 2-day tickets, which don’t have to be used on consecutive days.

Located in Tucson, the Pima Air and Space Museum is dedicated to all things aviation. The museum is known for its staggering size, encompassing 80 acres (32 hectares) and a whopping six hangars containing indoor exhibits. Highlights include an SR-71 Blackbird, the world’s fastest jet, and planes dating back to the Wright Brothers.

Yes, the Pima Air and Space Museum offers guided tours. There’s a free daily guided tour focusing on the collection’s World War II history, and another that covers the museum’s highlights. There’s also a narrated, docent-led tram tour (times vary) that visits around 150 planes along a 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometer) circuit.

Yes, the Pima Air and Space Museum is a great option for families with children. Tots aged 4 or younger enter for free, and there’s a lot to appeal to older kids and teens, too. Several of the exhibits are interactive, with the chance to climb inside a plane and sit in the cockpit.

Yes, the Pima Air and Space Museum is accessible to visitors using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. However, you’ll need your own wheelchair, as the museum doesn’t offer any on loan. Several of the hangars are connected by a paved walkway, and the surfaces are mostly hard-packed dirt or concrete.