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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.
The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts. While the museum undergoes transformation, half of the building is open with eight new and renovated exhibitions.
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 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 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.
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.
From the first flight, to the first steps on the moon, and beyond, discover stories of air and space in our unique exhibitions. The National Air and Space Museum is undergoing a monumental multi-year renovation, which began in 2018.
These museums are filled with artifacts that include everything from flight simulators to old medals and uniforms, not to mention great exhibits on planes both old and new. Pennsylvania has 14 aviation museums for you to enjoy.
