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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum maintains the world's largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts, encompassing all aspects of human flight. It operates two landmark facilities that, together, welcome more than eight million visitors a year.
One of the most popular museums in the world. Visit the museum on the National Mall, featuring eight new galleries. View thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and a Concorde, in two large hangars.
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 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.
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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.
The museum (along with its second location, the Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Va.) contains the largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world. All components of human flight are on display, including related art and archival materials.
A New Look for the National Air and Space Museum. Follow the October reopening of America’s most-visited museum with exclusive coverage from Smithsonian magazine. Among the eight...
Today, Friday, January 19, the following Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., are open: National Air and Space Museum; National Museum of African American History and Culture
Store: Take home a piece of air and space history from the Museum Store or shop online. Theaters : Purchase tickets at the box office for the Planetarium show. Family Care Suite: On our lower level, you will find a family lounge, companion care space, nursing rooms, and a quiet room.
Jun 29, 2011 · To commemorate the museum’s anniversary, we compiled a list of five cool things you might not have known about the much-loved Air and Space Museum.
