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Established | 1975 |
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Location | Lexington Park, Maryland, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°16′34″N 76°27′48″W / 38.276225°N 76.4634651°W |
Type | Naval aviation museum |
Director | Dr. Scott Gray[1] |
Website | paxmuseum |
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum at Lexington Park, Maryland, first opened in 1978, which preserves and interprets the Naval Air Station Patuxent River history and heritage of advancing US naval aviation technology with artifacts, photographs and film, documents, and related heritage memorabilia from Patuxent River and other naval stations. The museum is dedicated to those who have employed their talents in advancing naval aviation research, development, testing, and evaluation.