1940 Air Terminal Museum - Museum in Houston - 8325 Travelair St, USA

One of the best kept secrets in Houston - great event venue and valuable piece of history. This museum is located near William Hobby Airport and is a short drive from there. It has a plane in the parking lot out front, but the Air Terminal has three stories. Only the first story is open, which has exhibits on the historic airlines (many which did not make it) that called Hobby home. There is also a small space exhibit which shows off Houston as Space City. If you get a chance, go take a look at the annex which includes a trainer, a helicopter and another airplane. They often wait for larger groups to take the walk over there. Sometimes if you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of the Houston Rockets private plane. Great for aviation lovers. It is also a beautiful event venue that gives a nice historical flair. Used a Groupon to get a good deal. They have wonderful volunteers that are highly knowledgeable. If they had more funds, they could finish renovating the second floor, which has a great view of the runways.

I've been meaning to visit this museum for a long time and I finally had the chance to do so recently. For history lovers, this place is phenomenal. As soon as I stepped inside the building, I could smell history. The structure is definitely old and dated but this only makes it more attractive and interesting. My favorite part was stepping inside the historic airplane in the back of the museum and watching modern airplanes take off from Hobby Airport. I really enjoyed my visit and highly recommend this museum to all Houstonians and history buffs.

Great hidden little gem rich in local history and Texas aviation history! There’s a lot of airline artifacts, and the C-56 Lodestar executive aircraft on display is a really fascinating piece of post-WWII aircraft conversions that was prevalent from the 1950s-1970s. This is worth the visit!

I had a good time here at the first airport in Houston. This museum features artifacts from the early days of aviation. It includes items such as pilot and flight attendant uniforms, china and silverware used to serve dinner in flight, luggage, etc. This place was also home to the Women's Air Force pilots during the 1940s. This is a fascinating place rich in history. I'd visit this place again in the future.

From the moment you enter this small museum they welcome you friendly and give you a brief description of the place. Very entertaining and with a great story in the exhibition room.

Wonderful museum and staff. Beautiful art deco architecture. Highly recommended for aviation enthusiasts and those who love art deco :)

It’s a lovely small museum, but a must see for anyone who is into airplanes or aviation! It’s literally at the airport by the runway so you see the planes taking off and landing too. Super friendly staff!

I visited the museum with an aviation buff, but I do love museums. This place was packed with ephemera so if that's your thing (spoiler- it was for me!) I highly recommend this place. It's amazing to see what air travel was like in this specific slice of time. It was still fairly new and celebrated. It shows too. The museum is only partially restored. The rest shows the building as is which allows for great little details I think would be missed. There are rooms with the progression of uniforms, images of then and now, and a video of the history on the museum itself. There was a room with memorabilia from pilots and you could listen to live air traffic control as the airport nearby was going about daily operations. I though this a was fun dip into history.