Oakland Aviation Museum
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Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly called Western Aerospace Museum, was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization
operating an aviation museum
located at North Field of Oakland International Airport
in Oakland, California
. It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
operating an aviation museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
located at North Field of Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport , also known as Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, is a public airport located south of the central business district of Oakland, a city in Alameda County, California, United States...
in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators.