Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Former name	Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
Established	1996
Location	Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates	21°21′36″N 157°57′42″W / 21.3600°N 157.9617°W / 21.3600; -157.9617
Type	Aviation museum
Collections	Aviation
Collection size	43 aircraft
Founder	John Sterling[1]
Director	Elissa Lines[2]
Curator	Rod Bengston
Public transit access	Roberts Hawaii
Website	www.pacificaviationmuseum.org

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii.^[3] Part of Senator Daniel Inouye's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island, the museum hosts a variety of aviation exhibits with a majority relating directly to the attack on Pearl Harbor and World War II. The first section of the museum, hangar 37, opened with the museum on December 7, 2006, and features much of the museum's static exhibits. The museum's hangars show damage from the attacks on Pearl Harbor from December 7, 1941.

The museum has been involved in community events ranging from preservation of historical landmarks to educational tours throughout Hawai'i. The focus devoted efforts to restoring the Ford Island control tower and signed a lease with the Navy to begin repairs. Visitors to the museum gain access via tour bus from the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites on Halawa landing. The museum has received awards for their efforts to restore historical buildings.