Oakland Aviation Museum to be open to visitors on Thanksgiving

OAKLAND -- The Oakland Aviation Museum, at Oakland International Airport, will be open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, museum officials announced. 

The museum features exhibits about Bay Area and naval aviation history. Features include a display of aircraft and information about black Americans and woman in Aviation, Trans Ocean Airlines, and Jimmy Doolittle and 8th Air Force.

A gift shop offers books, T-shirts, caps, coasters and models, and is open to the public.

The Oakland Aviation Museum is located at old North Field at Oakland Airport in the 1939 Boeing School of Aeronautics building at 8252 Earhart Road. It is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.