Summer Camps
San Diego Air & Space Museum, 2001 Pan American Plz., San Diego, CA 92101
About
Summer Camps offers week-long sessions with activities such as group activities, story time, centers, stories, and playtime, along with hands-on engineering activities and science experiments. Campers may build aircraft, use robots, build and fly gliders, design and construct aircraft carriers, explore drones, and focus on the engineering design process through hands-on, project-based activities. Additional activities include museum exploration, rocket launches, exploring human space exploration from the Moon to Mars and beyond, discovering lunar communities, next-generation rockets, space robotics, building, coding, and testing robots, solving engineering design challenges, coding, camouflage, using technology, and using museum exhibits to uncover all things secret. Some sessions explore ground school basics, include hands-on flight simulator practice and conversations with real pilots, and combine piloting skills with airport tours. All camps are open to all genders, class size is limited to 20 students, all students receive a shirt, all skills are taught in camp, and all camps need volunteers.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
• Schedule: Most camps run as week-long sessions, with some sessions running June 15–18; Summer Camp 2026 registration opens February 15th, 2026, and the Summer Camp Intern opportunity runs from June 2 through August 2, with intern shifts from 8:15 am to 12 noon or 12:45 pm to 4:30 pm.
• Price: Junior Flight Crew and Astro"tot"s cost $140 per week; Planes, Trains and More, Astronauts in Training, Space Scouts, and Spy Camp cost $185 per week (with June 15–18 Spy Camp at $155); Top Gun costs $185 per week (June 15–18 at $155); RoboQuest and Aviation Simulation cost $195 per week (RoboQuest June 15–18 at $165); the Summer Camp Intern program costs $0.00; member rates for Air and Space Museum Members are $30 off, Balboa Park pass holders pay regular camp prices, cancellations more than 7 days before camp receive a refund minus a 10% cancellation fee per camp with no refunds within 7 days, and Active.net offers optional $89 insurance that the museum does not recommend and cannot refund.
Summer Camps includes specific themed sessions such as Junior Flight Crew, Astro"tot"s, Planes, Trains and More, Astronauts in Training, Top Gun, Space Scouts, RoboQuest (noted as a new class), Spy Camp, and Aviation Simulation, with various June and July 2026 date and time options in the morning or afternoon. The July 20–24 Aviation Simulation camp will be at Gillespie Field in El Cajon and combines piloting skills with airport tours. Families who book two camps in the same week can add a stay-for-lunch option for $25, and touchless drop-off and pick-up are used, with the parent or guardian remaining in the car, ID checks through the window, and cars re-routed to a business entrance to avoid traffic at the front of the museum. Children must be potty trained for Junior Flight Crew and Astro"tot"s.
Summer Camp Interns help at stations, play games with campers, talk with students, organize supplies, and receive training before camp, volunteer hours, and a small stipend. Qualifications for Summer Camp Interns include punctuality, being good with children, leadership, and working as a team.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
• Schedule: Most camps run as week-long sessions, with some sessions running June 15–18; Summer Camp 2026 registration opens February 15th, 2026, and the Summer Camp Intern opportunity runs from June 2 through August 2, with intern shifts from 8:15 am to 12 noon or 12:45 pm to 4:30 pm.
• Price: Junior Flight Crew and Astro"tot"s cost $140 per week; Planes, Trains and More, Astronauts in Training, Space Scouts, and Spy Camp cost $185 per week (with June 15–18 Spy Camp at $155); Top Gun costs $185 per week (June 15–18 at $155); RoboQuest and Aviation Simulation cost $195 per week (RoboQuest June 15–18 at $165); the Summer Camp Intern program costs $0.00; member rates for Air and Space Museum Members are $30 off, Balboa Park pass holders pay regular camp prices, cancellations more than 7 days before camp receive a refund minus a 10% cancellation fee per camp with no refunds within 7 days, and Active.net offers optional $89 insurance that the museum does not recommend and cannot refund.
Summer Camps includes specific themed sessions such as Junior Flight Crew, Astro"tot"s, Planes, Trains and More, Astronauts in Training, Top Gun, Space Scouts, RoboQuest (noted as a new class), Spy Camp, and Aviation Simulation, with various June and July 2026 date and time options in the morning or afternoon. The July 20–24 Aviation Simulation camp will be at Gillespie Field in El Cajon and combines piloting skills with airport tours. Families who book two camps in the same week can add a stay-for-lunch option for $25, and touchless drop-off and pick-up are used, with the parent or guardian remaining in the car, ID checks through the window, and cars re-routed to a business entrance to avoid traffic at the front of the museum. Children must be potty trained for Junior Flight Crew and Astro"tot"s.
Summer Camp Interns help at stations, play games with campers, talk with students, organize supplies, and receive training before camp, volunteer hours, and a small stipend. Qualifications for Summer Camp Interns include punctuality, being good with children, leadership, and working as a team.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
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