Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

Located on the south shore of Lake Hood — the world's busiest seaplane base, with more than 87,000 takeoffs and landings per year — the Alaska Aviation Museum sits half a mile from Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. Founded in 1977 by Ted Spencer as the Alaskan Historical Aircraft Society, the museum opened to the public in 1988 and has grown into one of the foremost repositories of Alaskan aviation history. Its mission is to preserve, display, educate, and honor Alaska's aviation heritage, spanning aircraft from a 1928 Stearman through a 1981 Boeing B737. Four exhibition hangars house interactive displays, memorabilia, photographs, films, and artifacts drawn from Alaska's pioneering aviators. Event rentals place guests in the company of historic aircraft, with four distinct spaces accommodating gatherings of 40 to 300 guests. Each rental allows caterers of choice, and the museum's lakeside setting offers views of float plane operations throughout the event.