Due to the remote location and favorable climate, many of the buildings at the base remained in unaltered, although somewhat deteriorated, condition.

[2] The Historic Wendover Airfield Foundation was established in 2001 after Jim Petersen visited the airport as part of a tour group.

[7][8] The museum encountered some controversy when, in 2017, it agreed to display one of the one thousand origami cranes folded by atomic bomb victim Sadako Sasaki.

[11][12] Then, in 2021, the museum unveiled a four phased plan, called "Save Where They Walked", for the restoration of many of the remaining buildings on the airport.

[13][better source needed][14] The museum placed a replica of the Fat Man atomic bomb on display in June 2023.