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CAPE ENTRY NOTICE: Many military installations routinely permit entry to active duty military, military retirees, government civilian employees and their dependents with proper identification. This is not the case at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Cape is a restricted work area and access is permitted only to badged employees and authorized visitors. There are several ways to visit museum facilities. Please read the following options.

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Visit Option 1 - The Air Force Space and Missile History Center, an extension of the museum, is open to the general public six days a week. The History Center is located just outside the south gate of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Admission is free. No access pass is required for a visit. Historic information and exhibits for each launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are on display. Learn more about visiting the History Center...

Visit option 2 - The 45th Space Wing hosts free tours of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station that originate from the History Center each Wednesday and Thursday (launch and operations schedule permitting). View the tour schedule online. Details concerning the tour are also published online. Contact the 45th Space Wing Public Affairs Office at 321-494-5945 or ccafstours@patrick.af.mil for additional information. Tour information is published on the Patrick Air Force Base web site at the extreme lower left corner of the home page.

Visit option 3 - The museum is open to the general public via a bus tour that originates from The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. NASA/Delaware North Parks Service operates a bus tour 7 days a week (launch schedule permitting) called "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now." The tour lasts about 2 1/2 hours and includes a stop at the museum and various other historic sites at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For more information about the tour call 866-737-5235 or visit Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex online.

Visit option 4 - If you work on the Cape or at Kennedy Space Center, the museum grounds are open to you seven days a week. Admission to the museum is free. Photography is allowed and encouraged. Bring your lunch and enjoy the historic surroundings. Picnic tables, restrooms, gift shop (limited hours) and soft drink machine are on site. From Phillips Parkway, follow Lighthouse Road toward SLC-17 and look for the museum sign (right) at Complex 26. The museum is closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day and can be closed during certain fueling and pre-launch operations.

Visit option 5 - If you are unable to visit the museum in person, please try our new Virtual Tour. Some exhibits are now a part of the virtual tour with coverage to be expanded in the future.