Celebrate the Air Terminal’s 82nd Anniversary

Join us in celebrating the 82nd anniversary of the Houston Municipal Airport Terminal Building on September 28, 2022. We invite the community to help preserve Houston’s aviation history.

Consider donating $82 for our celebratory year or a smaller donation of $40, $20, $10, or $5. Your gift will allow us to make vital improvements to the building structure and sustain our educational programs.

The principal artifact of the museum is the building in which it is housed: a spectacular Art Deco structure designed by noted local architect Joseph Finger. The terminal, the finest modernistic remaining example of 1930s airport architecture in the U.S., also housed airport administrative functions and the airport control tower, and opened on September 28, 1940, serving the airlines and their passengers until Spring 1955. 

Today, the 1940 Air Terminal Museum is housed in the historic art deco terminal building that once served the City of Houston as the Houston Municipal Airport Terminal. The museum’s first floor currently exhibits several collections focusing on Houston's civil aviation history. The building is now a City of Houston Protected Landmark, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is designated as a Historic Aerospace Site by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.