Smithsonian Air Space Museum
The flagship building on the national mall in washington d c exhibits aircraft spacecraft missiles rockets and other flight related artifacts.
Smithsonian air space museum. Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. Reimagining the air and space museum. Hundreds of historically significant air and spacecraft along with thousands of small artifacts are on display in an open hangar like setting.
All 23 galleries and spaces will be transformed and more than 1 400 new artifacts will be displayed upon completion of the project which is expected to last seven years. The national air and space museum of the smithsonian institution also called the air and space museum is a museum in washington d c. With that in mind the smithsonian has started a major construction project to enhance the visitor experience and protect the museum s collection.
Smithsonian national air and space museum nasm techquest eye in the sky branding focusing on the use of satellites for space exploration our team designed an event logo type treatment banner graphic elements and space themed imagery to brand the eye in the sky program. It was established in 1946 as the national air museum and opened its main building on the national mall near l enfant plaza in 1976. Udvar hazy center for air and space themed books toys apparel and accessories.
Epic air battles of ww ii a 96 page edition timed for the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii featuring stunning photography of ww2 aircraft and first person stories from the pilots who flew them. In 2018 the museum saw approximately 6 2 million visitors making it the fifth most visited museum in the world and the second most visited museum in the united states. The museum has an imax theater for out of this world escapes.
Shop smithsonian s national air and space museum and steven f. The museum contains the apollo 11 command module columbia t. One museum two locations.
Visit us in washington dc and chantilly va to explore hundreds of the world s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Carolyn russo earned her bfa in photography from the massachusetts college of art and has worked at the museum since 1988.