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Aviation Heritage Park & Museum will mark the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, with a remembrance ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday, September 11. Brig. Gen. Todd Wiles will be the featured speaker as the community gathers to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost and honor those who answered the call to serve.

Help Aviation Heritage Park and Museum create The Wind Beneath My Wings, a new exhibit honoring the families and supporters behind our military heroes. Upload your military photos and stories today.

Hangar Party 2026 drew a record 800 guests to support Aviation Heritage Park and Museum. Learn how the event helps provide free admission, STEM programs, exhibits, and aviation education.

Celebrate Independence Day at Aviation Heritage Park & Museum as the new Freedom Gallery opens July 4, honoring Lt. Col. Gerald Roark, CW4 Timothy Vincent, and CWO3 Charles Browning. Free admission.

Sponsor Aviation Heritage Park’s Hangar Party—Bowling Green’s premier aviation event. Host guests with reserved tables and gain high-visibility recognition.

STEM Day Camps at Aviation Heritage Park Museum now OPEN for registration! Space is limited. Early registration is encouraged.

40% off November venue rental at Aviation Heritage Park & Museum. Use code HallofHeroes40

Aviation Heritage Park & Museum will hold a special dedication ceremony for a Gold Star Marker on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 2 p.m

Join us this Saturday, August 2nd, from 10 AM to 4 PM for the grand opening of our “Heroes’ Homecoming” exhibit at Aviation Heritage Park & […]

**Get Ready for the Summer’s Hottest Event: Aviation Heritage Park’s Hangar Party!** Tickets are now available for Hangar Party 2025, the must-attend event of the summer! […]

Aviation Heritage Park and Museum has announced its 2025 calendar packed with hands-on educational offerings and exhibit openings highlighting inspiring South Central Kentucky aviators. AHP will […]

Do something special for your HERO this Christmas! Let Aviation Heritage Park honor your Veteran or First Responder with a personalized Christmas ornament on our tree […]

Today is the day! The dismantled F-105 is arriving from its former home in Texas! There is a special transport team that will reassemble the dismantled […]

The F-111 Aardvark in front of the Aviation Heritage Park Museum honors and tells the story of retired Colonel Arnie Franklin. A 1961 Bowling Green High […]

Sponsorship Opportunities Our sponsorship opportunities offer value to every partner with Aviation Heritage Park’s 2025 Hangar Party. Now is the time to jump onboard! Please contact our […]

THUNDERBIRD EXHIBIT OPEN Exciting news from Aviation Heritage Park and Museum! Get ready for the grand opening of a spectacular new museum exhibit on March 30, […]

FLIGHT SIMULATOR RENTAL >> CLICK TO SCHEDULE Thanks to a generous grant from PPG Aerospace, Aviation Heritage Park now offers flight simulator rental. We are proud […]

The Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association (known as the River Rats) will hold their 50th reunion in Bowling Green October 12-15. During that event they will reveal their new museum exhibit at Aviation Heritage Park Museum.

The new museum at Aviation Heritage Park is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm. Currently there is no admission fee to tour the museum. The park is located at 1825 Three Springs Road, Bowling Green, KY. The park is free of charge and open 7am – 7 pm, 365 days/year.

Aviation Heritage Park Museum will formally open to the public on Saturday, September 23. The event begins with a flyover by the Tennessee Pterodactyls, a team […]

AHP has named Bob Bubnis as the Executive Director of Aviation Heritage Park and Museum. Bubnis joins AHP after a 15-year career at the National Corvette Museum, most recently as the Curator of Collections and Exhibits Manager.

Can you help us Tuesday, August 1? Museum Moving Day is Tuesday, August 1 at 9 am when our museum furniture arrives. Could you help us? There will be 2- fifty foot containers. We will have a forklift to remove the items from the container.  We need able bodied volunteers to help move the display cases. If you can help, please send an email to [email protected] or call (270) 421-4885. 

The final details of the interior of the Aviation Heritage Park Museum are coming together, and we can’t wait to show it to you in September! […]

Mark your calendar! Open Cockpit Oct. 15. Cassadys Real Smoke Bbq and Chaney's Dairy Barn will be in the park. It'll be a GREAT day!

Join us for a free event  on Saturday, April 16, 2022, 11 am – 2 pm at Aviation Heritage Park. It is the 50th anniversary of […]

The 2022 Aviation Summer Camps put on by the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, hosted by BWG, will take at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport in […]

With exception of installing the large, rear, hanger-like door the museum building is all but dried-in, as they say in the construction biz. With financial arrangements in place, work continues to complete Phase 3 of the project by end of March.

What could be better than supporting your favorite park AND getting a handsome, one-of-a-kind, Swiss timepiece. SwissPL watch company, famous for their custom watches, is donating 25% of all watch sales to Aviation Heritage Park.

This Saturday, on the 20th anniversary of the devastating terrorist attack on our nation, Aviation Heritage Park (AHP) will commemorate the anniversary with a ceremony from […]

In 2018 Aviation Heritage Park broke ground for a wish-list item- an aviation museum that would recognize and celebrate areas aviators so that future generations might […]

Congressman Brett Guthrie will be the highlight of AHP’s Aviation Career program scheduled for July 17, 10-11 am at the Bowling Green Airport. During this hour-long […]

Do you love airplanes and airports? Do you dream of a career in aviation? Join us July 17th from 10 AM – 11 AM to learn […]

The Aviation Heritage Park Museum that was just a dream in 2018 is finally coming out of the ground. Fundraising for the $2.5 million, 11,000 square […]

Aircraft enthusiasts of all ages came to Aviation Heritage Park for Open Cockpit on October 19th. The yearly event gives attendees a chance to get a […]

Aviation Heritage Park AHP plans to move the Sikorsky SH-3 helicopter, currently stored at the BG WC Airport, to AHP grounds, Saturday August 17.  Preparation had […]

On April 16, 1972, Major Dan Cherry was flying an F-4D #66-7550 on a combat air patrol mission over North Vietnam. After an intense five minute […]

Aviation Heritage Park was featured on an episode of “Kentucky Life” first airing November 2013. Kentucky Life (#1905) Camp Nelson Honor Guard/West Liberty Monument/Aviation Heritage Park/Heroic […]

Visitors to Aviation Heritage Park’s Open House this weekend will have a rare opportunity, says President Arnie Franklin. The aircraft are always on public display at […]

At the 2012 Aviation Heritage Park Hangar Park Brad Howard, President of Independence Bank, won the drawing for a P-51 model.  Brad is shown here donating […]

The board of Aviation Heritage Park is excited to announce we have contracted to bring an educational and uplifting exhibit to Bowling Green—the CAF Red Tail […]

Aviation Heritage Park has unveiled future plans for an indoor facility at the park. Click here to learn more!

Aviation Heritage Park now has available the opportunity to have you or someone who you wish to honor or memorialize’s name on a brick at the […]

Aviation Heritage Park welcomed a new aircraft to their outdoor memorial on Saturday, October 22, 2011 with the dedication of a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star.  The […]