Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon.  Most famously is the home of the Hughes H4 Hercules; ‘Spruce Goose’.

The museum was originally the idea of Capt. Michael King Smith, the son of the founder of the Evergreen International Aviation. Originally  a small collection of vintage aircraft. In 1990 the Disney Corporation announced the closure of the Long Beach site that housed ‘Spruce Goose’. The Evergreen Museum won the bid to house ‘Spruce Goose’.

Between 1993 and 2001 volunteers undertook a detailed restoration. The refurbished plane and Museum opened to the public in June 2001. The Space Museum opened in 2008.