Change is Coming: The I-215 & Van Buren Blvd Interchange Reconstruction Project

There are a lot of changes happening with the area surrounding the museum. Cal-Trans have started preparing the area for its I-215 & Van Buren Blvd Interchange Reconstruction Project. The estimated year long project will improve the Van Buren Blvd allowing easy access on and off the I-215 freeway. The first part of the project will take place in the area around the March Field Air Museum. The museum will be open and maintain its normal operational hours while construction is under way. Temporary fencing is currently going up around the museum and a new temporary entrance gate will be placed. The museum has future plans to place a new permanent fencing structure as well as a new entrance way

One Giant Step

A couple of years ago the March Field Air Museum tried its hand at obtaining one of the Space Shuttles NASA was releasing to museums or educational facilities. While we didn’t get one, we are fortunate that NASA/GSA has found the museum to be a qualified repository for NASA artifacts.  Over the past few years we have received well over 2 dozen NASA related artifacts and now feel the need to expand our Space Exploration exhibit from one case in our exhibit hall to a new Space Exploration Room. Yesterday the museum received an exciting donation from NASA/GSA: 2 Space Shuttle Main Engine Nozzles. The curatorial department wasted no time placing one of the nozzles outside the new Space Exploration room. We look forward to receiving more NASA items in the future.

The nozzles arriving

Moving a nozzle to its new location

New location in Main Hangar