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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. Open every day except December 25. Free admission. Parking $15.
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.
National Air and Space Museum. 6th St. & Independence Ave., SW. Washington, DC. See on Map Floor Plan. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Closed Dec. 25. Free timed-entry passes required.
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is one of the world’s most popular museums with more than 1.5 million visitors in 2022. Its mission is to commemorate, educate and inspire visitors by preserving and displaying aeronautical and spaceflight artifacts.
Take a virtual tour of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center with Google Street View. Walk through the Museum as it appeared in 2017. The Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and a Concorde, in two large hangars.
Notable museum collections include the 1903 Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Winnie Mae, Apollo 11 command module Columbia, and a lunar rock. During the 1980s, the museum began to focus more directly on its research component.
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, as well as related works of art and archival materials. It operates two landmark facilities.
