Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver

Name: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Address: 7711 E Academy Blvd, Denver, 80230-6929, United States
Telephone: +1 303-360-5360

#18 among attractions in Denver

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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver

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The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is located on the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, United States. The museum preserves the history of Lowry AFB's operations from 1938 to 1994 in its collections, archives, and research library. Features of the museum's collection include the USAF's B-1A Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers and many other military and general aviation aircraft. ()

Established: 1 December 1994 (29 years ago)Coordinates: 39°43'15"N, 104°53'46"W

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7711 E Academy BlvdEast Denver (Lowry Field)Denver 80230-6929 United States

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+1 303-360-5360

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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fairmount Cemetery, Fairmount Mausoleum, Chapel No. 1, Mizel Museum.

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Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
26 min walk • Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1890 and is Denver's second oldest operating cemetery after Riverside Cemetery. It was designed by German landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze. The cemetery was patterned after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston. The cemetery is 280 acres.
1.1 miS
Cemetery
Fairmount Mausoleum, Denver
28 min walk • Fairmount Mausoleum is a public mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. The building was designed by architects Frederick E. Mountjoy and Francis W. Frewan.
~1690 ftW
Church
Chapel No. 1, Denver
9 min walk • Chapel No. 1 or Eisenhower Memorial Chapel is a historic chapel located at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, United States. Built in 1941, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
1.4 miSW
39°42'31"N • 104°55'1"W
Mizel Museum, Denver
36 min walk • Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
1.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Washington Virginia Vale, Denver
38 min walk • Washington Virginia Vale is a neighborhood in southeastern Denver, Colorado. The neighborhood is roughly bound by Alameda Avenue, South Cherry Creek Drive, and South Quebec Street.
~270 ftNE
Neighbourhood
Lowry, Denver
2 min walk • Lowry is a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The Lowry neighborhood is located at the site of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The old Lowry Firehouse has been converted into Colorado Free University. The Denver U.S. Post Office serves the neighborhood.
1.2 miNW
Street, Park
Richthofen Castle, Denver
30 min walk • Richthofen Place Parkway is a historic parkway in Denver, Colorado. On September 17, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.