VISITOR GUIDELINES

The 1940 Air Terminal Museum comprises several galleries with exhibits containing aviation memorabilia, such as silver service items, models, documents, and photographs. 

• The museum's terminal building is air-conditioned, but the bay of the 1928 Carter Airmail Hangar is not. 

• Any visitor may go through the museum's terminal building ground floor at their own pace or with a docent led guided tour. 

• Visitors may not access the upper floors or balconies of the terminal building outside of specially designated events or exhibits that take place periodically throughout the year. 

• Visitors may sit outside the terminal building and watch the planes or take advantage of the films in our theater.

• Food and drink are allowed in the theater and outside of the terminal only. 

• No food and drink are permitted on the ramp area, inside the atrium or terminal galleries, or inside the 1928 Carter Airmail Hangar. 

• Visitors may tour the 1928 Carter Airmail Hangar by escort only, and subject to staff availability.

Please call ahead to ensure that the hangar is open if you wish to include this in your visit. For any inquiries please contact the Museum Staff during business hours by phone at 713-454-1940 or by email from our Contact Us page.

For press and other special photography requests, or for information about rights and reproductions in connection with photographic images from the Museum's collections, please contact Museum Staff as above.