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Ten months after a storm caused significant damage to its historic facility known as “Hangar B,” Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon is set to reopen to the public under its new owners, the nonprofit Vintage Aviation Museum of Spanish Fork, Utah.

The museum is scheduled to reopen at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 29. The move comes following “an incredible amount of work” behind the scenes to restore the familiar museum experience visitors knew before the storm. This includes returning aircraft, exhibits and collections to the museum and preparing Hangar B for reopening. Work on the hangar itself is also ongoing, with details currently being worked out for repairing the storm-damaged section and ensuring long term preservation.

As previously reported, a deal was announced in August for the Vintage Aviation Museum to assume operation of Tillamook. They plan to relocate most of their aircraft collection to Tillamook while also bringing additional historic aircraft, eventually utilizing the entire hangar for aviation-related exhibits, aircraft displays, preservation, education, and visitor experiences. The “Tillamook Air Museum” name will remain.

To celebrate the reopening, Tillamook will will remain open until 7:00 pm on October 29. Check out the full announcement below.

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Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon has announced that the Port of Tillamook Bay Commissioners have approved a term sheet for the land lease and future sale of Tillamook’s historic World War II-era hangar to Vintage Aviation Museum, a 501(c)(3) of Spanish Fork, Utah.

The move will see Vintage Aviation Museum assume operation of the Tillamook Air Museum and become its future owner / operator. They plan to relocate most of their aircraft collection to Tillamook while bringing additional historic aircraft to the museum’s historic 1943 airship hangar known as “Hangar B.” The goal is to eventually utilize the entire hangar for aviation-related exhibits, aircraft displays, preservation, education, and visitor experiences. The “Tillamook Air Museum” name will reportedly remain.

An obvious priority will be the repair, restoration, and long-term preservation of Hangar B, which was damaged during a windstorm in December 2025 when an approx. 200 ft section of the roof peeled back.

Additional information, including a reopening date, will be forthcoming. Click below to check out the full announcement from Tillamook as well as the recent announcement by the Vintage Aviation Museum.

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