I'm planning a rather lengthy trip to the US, and one of the things I'd like to do is visit some good museums. I'd like to ask /r/AskHistorians for their recommended museums in the western United States. (Limitation is due to the added airfare costs for me.)
I'm primarily interested in air and space/military/engineering museums and less so in art/music/entertainment museums. FWIW, here is what I have penciled in so far:
Seattle
San Diego
Tucson
What other museums in the western US are worth a visit?
There are the presidential libraries, including the Reagan and Nixon libraries in the vicinity of Los Angeles. Also in LA, the Autry Museum of the American West. If you're able to be in LA during the summer, you may want to see the Page Museum at the La Brea Tarpits, which is unique in that it has live paleontology occurring in its dig sites.
Museum of History and Industry, Seattle.
Huntington gardens in Pasadena. Not strictly a history museum but it has TONS of historical things. Also, plan to be there the whole day as it consists of multiple museums, and gardens.
The March Air Force base Museum in Riverside is decent if you wanna see military aircraft and there is also an automobile museum in Riverside, CA but I'm not sure of the quality
It's close to the western US, the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria, BC is an absolute must see.
Seattle: the Burke Museum, UW
Portland: Oregon Museum of Sience and Industry
Bay Area: Phoebe Hearst Museum UC Berkeley
The Los Angeles Meuseum of the Holocaust is decent.
The Museum of Death (Hollywood, CA; and side note: they opened a new location in New Orleans too!).