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One museum, two locations. Discover the wonder of air and space by exploring our two premier locations, where you can see artifacts that took humans to new heights and truly were out of this world. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in Washington, DC.
6th Street and Independence Ave SW. Washington, DC 20560. 202-633-2214. View thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and a Concorde, in two large hangars. 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Explore how we took flight, how we fly today, how one gets to the Moon, how air and space connect us all, and much more in our eight new galleries. From lectures to hands-on family days and more, discover all the events the National Air and Space Museum has to offer.
Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States dedicated to human flight and space exploration. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, its main building opened on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976.
The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., houses many of the icons of flight, including the original 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, Chuck Yeager’s Bell X-1, John Glenn’s Friendship 7 spacecraft, and a lunar rock sample that visitors can touch.
The extension allows the display of many more and larger air and space artifacts, including the space shuttle Enterprise and a Concorde airliner. Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
