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Palm Springs Air Museum
if you have ever been interested in the awesome flying machines that helped America win the second World War, then this is the museum you need to visit, since it houses the world's biggest collections of flying WWII warplanes, as well as artworks, related relics, flying aircraft and library resources that have been used to perpetuate this great American saga. The museum is situated on the north side of the Palm Springs International Airport in a new building that contains a gift shop, three main exhibit hangars, a research library, theater, ramp and airport access for flight demonstrations and visiting planes and a simulator and education center. Another exciting and interesting addition to the museum is a vast antique automobile collection that belongs to Robert Pond and is showcased on a rotating exhibit along with a marvelous collection of aviation art by Stan Stokes. The magnificent flying collection includes planes like the Bell P-63 Kingcobra, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that you can walk through, a Curtiss P-40 Hawk, Douglas B-26 Invader, Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, Grumman A-6 Intruder, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Grumman F-14 Tomcat, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, North American P-51 Mustang, North American B-25 Mitchell, North American T-6 Texan, Supermarine Spitfire and many more; and a Flak 37 88 mm gun that is located near the parking lot.

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Palm Springs Art Museum
another fabulous museum in the Palm Springs area is their outstanding art museum that began in 1938 and has become the regional art, natural science and performing arts venue for the city and Coachella Valley area. When the museum opened it concentrated on the Colorado Desert region and the original local Native Americans that lived in the area like the Cahuilla people. As time passed, and the museum's collections grew, the focus would continue to be on natural sciences and American Indian collections and programs; and in 1952, the desert wildlife habitat open air natural history museum and botanical garden would become part of it and the name changed to reflect the expansion so that it is now the Palm Springs Desert Museum. In downtown Palm Springs, a new 10,000 square foot building would be constructed to house the museum in 1958 and in 1962, they would enlarge it once more to incorporate the auditorium and new galleries to contain contemporary art exhibitions. Well known local architect, E. Stewart Williams would design a newer 75,000 square foot structure some blocks away that would become another piece of the pie, designed in the modernist style and the old desert wildlife reserve museum would separate itself from the museum conglomerate and open the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.

February 22, 2013