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Museum hours are listed below.

Please call the museum directly at 208-758-8355 for the most up to date information.

To arrange your group visit, please call 208-758-8355. For a faster response, email events@birdaviationmuseum.com

The museum may be able to accommodate visits even during the temporary closures, so please reach out.

Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center
2678 W. Cessna Avenue
Hayden, Idaho 83835

(Once you are at gate #14 at the corner of Atlas Road & Cessna, please call the museum for the gate access code)

Important Notes regarding operations:

• If the outside temperature is in the upper 90s, please call the museum and listen to the voicemail to see if the museum is open. The museum doesn't not have air conditioning in the hangar and it gets very warm.
• If the air quality is very bad due to the smoke in our area, the museum will close for the safety of everyone.
• If the temperature is below freezing, the museum will be closed as heating a large hangar to a comfortable consistent temperature is hard.
• If schools within the Coeur d' Alene, Lakeland or Post Falls school districts are delayed or closed due to weather, the museum will be CLOSED.

As the museums summer season is winding down, the museum is going to be switching over to our seasonal operating hours. The last Saturday the museum will be open in 2025, will be Saturday, September 27. Then the museum will be open Tuesday through Friday, 9am to 3pm during the Fall months.

Museum closure dates:

• Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (Veterans Day)
• November 25-28, 2025 (Thanksgiving)
• Friday, December 19, 2025: WINTER CLOSURE (temporary) The museum will temporarily shut down for the holidays, display updates, deep cleaning and general maintenance.
• Saturday, July 4, 2026 (Independence Day)
• Wednesday, November 11, 2026 (Veterans Day)
• November 24 - 27, 2026 (Thanksgiving)
• Friday, December 22, 2026 the museum will temporarily close for our annual deep cleaning, display updates and general maintenance and reopen Tuesday, March 2, 2027

• March 3, 2026 through May 1, 2026. Tuesday - Friday, 9am to 3pm.
• May 2, 2026 through September 26, 2026. Tuesday - Saturday, 9am to 3pm.
• September 29 - December 18, 2026 Tuesday through Friday, 9am to 3pm

Please note *** even during the published winter extended closure period, occasionally we are still available to open up and give tours as we are still at the museum working. Please email, call/leave a voicemail and we will get back with you asap.

To make a one time or to set up a monthly donation to the museum,
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the museum PayPal link is:

To arrange your group visit or private luncheon at any time during the year, please email events@birdaviationmuseum.com or call 208-758-8355.

The Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center strives to educate visitors about the historic contributions of aviators and innovators who have helped create modern technology, and celebrate these individuals who have forever changed the way we live. It only takes one person to change the world."

This museum is dedicated to those aviators and innovators,
who have and will continue to change the world.