Wings Over Miami Museum

Wings Over Miami Air Museum, located in Kendall. It is a great place to visit, especially for families with kids who love airplanes like my grandson. This museum offers a highly educational experience, showcasing a remarkable collection of aircrafts and history. Don't miss the gift shop, which features unique aviation themed items, airplanes hanging from the ceiling, book area and even toy airplanes for sale. We enjoyed seeing some of the airplanes landing, my 2 year old grandson did not want to leave.

May 25, 2024

My review of the museum is that it is a decent but small museum. They have one of the last F-14D’s that flew with the US Navy on display and she is in pretty good condition. She was the reason for my visit and she was well worth the admission fee of $15. The museum volunteers were friendly and helpful. Unfortunately those same qualities weren’t shared by the management… Now for my review of the management. The management of the museum has a “No camera” policy. You can only photograph with your phone. If you want to use your camera they will want to charge you $300. Frankly this is absurd and hurts the museum in a number of ways. 1. It ensure that only “phone quality” pictures are available to see online. 2. It alienates your customer base. The aviation photography community tends to know each other, and we talk. Being known as the museum that charges $300 to bring in a camera is not conducive to building your business. If anything it hurts it. I understand that museums have been hit hard since Covid and that many are struggling to survive. Trying to milk an extra $300 from your customers is not the way to fix this. You should be working with the aviation community to portray and promote your museum in a good light. I’m willing to pay for admission. Hell, I even left a $20 donation, but I am not willing to be extorted for $300 to take photos with a camera. Your museum deserves better.

Jan 18, 2024

For people who absolutely love planes they would probably love this place. It has a lot of history and the hanger has quite a few planes and in the front they have a little sitting area with a small section of books but overall the museum is very very small and for 15 dollars per person I was pretty disappointed 😞. I thought it was going to be bigger or at least have an outdoor area to the museum or planes actively flying. I don't know...that was my experience.

Dec 08, 2024

They've got a nice collection, including what is known as a color bird (the F-14D) as well as other interesting aircraft. The Bay of Pigs Memorial, located just outside of the museum, is pretty cool. I feel that the price of $15 is a little too much for such a small (and cramped) museum. The hangar itself is in derelict condition and anytime it rains (and it rains a lot), the inside gets wet. Their policy against the use of digital cameras (Nikon, canon, sony, etc) is not very cool. Their gift shop has a decent selection of merchandise. The owners(?) are if I had to guess Russian and so they obviously have an accent but fortunately, they can be understood well enough. Overall, 8/10 museum for someone who absolutely loves Aviation but probably a 6/10 for someone who doesn't really care about it or for families with several kids. If you're visiting Miami for several days, you should consider visiting the museum but if you're only visiting for a couple of days, do something else (like maybe Coral Castle or Venetian Pool).

Oct 07, 2024

Very interesting and quite assorted collection of vintage aircraft, including originals, replicas and scale models under the same roof. Not like a convencional touristic activity, but definitely something to appreciate if you’re into military history. Of course is a little dusty and dark in some areas, maybe is part of the vintage vibe... I would say it can use some improvements in that matter, but other than that I think is worth the $15. Thank you 🙏🏻

Jun 15, 2022