Patuxent River Naval Air Museum

Mission
Our Mission is to preserve, interpret and teach an understanding of the extraordinary research, development, test and evaluation activities underlying the ongoing technical evolution of naval aviation.

The museum seeks to impart the importance of the Navy's aviation heritage and its enormous contribution to aviation.

The museum seeks to teach the excitement generated by the dedicated scientists and engineers that continue to make it all possible.

The museum seeks to inspirit the generations to come in the human dynamics of courage and intellectual application necessary to reach naval aviations goals.