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LOCATION: The
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum is located at Reading Regional Airport - Spaatz Field in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. |
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DIRECTIONS:
Driving directions from various cities, as well as a set of
printable maps, and custom, door-to-door routing from your home are to be
found on our DRIVING DIRECTIONS & MAPS page. |
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HOURS OF OPERATION: The
museum is open daily 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, except major holidays.
THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS page has all the details.
Attention: The last tour
begins at 3:00 PM |
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ADMISSION
FEE to the museum is $6
for Adults , $3 for Children 6 to 12, and free for 5 and under. Admission is free to Museum Members. You may want to sign up on the spot, or
you can read about membership and BECOME A MAAM MEMBER
on-line. |
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SPECIAL EVENTS,
such as the
MID-ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM'S WORLD WAR II WEEKEND
held the first weekend of June each year, require additional admission
tickets. Here's our VISITOR'S TIPS PAGE for the big WWII extravaganza. |
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TOURING THE MUSEUM: You
can pick up a Museum Self-Guided Tour Book when you pay your admission, after which you are free to walk through our exhibit building, hangar, and
out on to the Museum ramp.
Please read this
IMPORTANT
WARNING concerning runway and airfield incursions. |
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AIRCRAFT
INTERIORS:
Please note that interior tours of aircraft are not available.
However, you will be able to see inside all of our exhibited aircraft, and even get a
look at many still under restoration or storage by taking the
VIRTUAL TOUR. |
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GUIDED TOURS
are available for groups, including a free, advance familiarization
visit for group leaders. The last tour of the day begins no later than
3:00 PM. Contact the
museum at (610) 372-7333 between 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM for details and arrangements. |
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FAVORITE AIRCRAFT: If
you are coming to see a particular aircraft in our collection, and it is one
of our AIRSHOW AIRCRAFT, please call (610)
372-7333 between 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM to be sure your favorite will be here.
This is doubly true during the airshow season, which customarily runs from April
through October. |
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FLY-IN INFORMATION:
Pilots visiting the museum by air should request taxi to the museum, located
on the North ramp of the airport, except during special events. See our FLY-IN PILOT'S INFORMATION page for complete information and informative links designed for visiting pilots. If you are flying in to WWII Weekend, there is a special page for that, here. |
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LODGING:
There are many fine hotels and motels within a few miles of the museum.
We recommend these HOTELS AND MOTELS
. If you plan to visit
during MAAM's WORLD WAR II
WEEKEND, we advise you make lodging reservations early in the
year to have the best selection. |
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CAMPING: There is no visitor's camping
allowed on the museum grounds. However,
THE
PENNSYLVANIA VISITOR'S NETWORK CAMPGROUND page lists dozens of
campgrounds in the area,
including 7 in Berks County, 2 in Lehigh County, and 27 in neighboring
Lancaster County. |
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DINING: There is a restaurant in the
Reading Airport Terminal called "Malibooz". For something quick, you will find snack and soft
drink machines in the MAAM MAIN HANGAR. See that
little camouflaged plane with the RAF roundels hanging on the back wall in
the picture above? Well, the machines are right under it.
There are several restaurants north of the Museum on 183 N
(Bernville Rd.), and
many more in the Wyomissing area, just
off Rte. 222, just south of the airport. |
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AREA ATTRACTIONS:
The Reading area and the surrounding counties abound with tourist
attractions. Take a Ride!
The Greater Reading Convention and Visitors Bureau can assist you with directions, a visitors guide, hotel information, and basic map information. The visitor's center phone number is 610-375-4085 or 1-800-443-6610. Or you can e-mail them at info@readingberkspa.com |
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