Museo Aeronáutico Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli

Museo Aeronáutico Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli beside Carrasco Airport is Uruguay’s national aviation and astronautics museum. Three thematic rooms and an aircraft hangar cover civil, military and naval aviation, space history and the country’s flight pioneers; the collection includes a Blériot XI replica, IA-58 Pucará, helicopters, engines, instruments, Uruguay’s first radar, simulators, an Apollo XI flown flag and a lunar-rock fragment. Free Sunday public access and guided weekday visits are available through FAU reservation; official pages differ on the Sunday closing time, and requests are confirmed by the museum, so verify the current schedule before travel. Visitor location: Ruta 101 km 19.8, Canelones, Uruguay.