National Air and Space Museum Archives

New reasons to visit the National Air & Space Museum

05/16/25

The Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation since 2018, with a completion date set for July 1, 2026, the museum’s 50th anniversary. In the meantime, fresh new galleries and exhibitions are opening in phases. Five new exhibitions, the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater and the museum’s redesigned →

National Air and Space Museum

Frontier Airlines has Taylor Swift tickets + more travel tidbits

07/14/23

Ready for the weekend? Listen to a podcast series about the role of Latino history and culture in aviation and space. Take an airport art tour. And enter Frontier Airlines’ sweepstakes to win a trip to attend a Taylor Swift concert. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has launched “AeroEspacial,” a limited series of →

Contests

See Neil Armstrong’s space suit at the ballpark

06/05/19

Baseball and the moon landing. There's a connection. The National Air & Space Museum is putting replica statues of Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit in major league ballparks this summer. →

Get ready for Star Trek’s 50th anniversary

08/31/16

Two places to start celebrating Star Trek's 50th anniversary now: in Seattle, Washington and in Washington, D.C. →

More hidden museum treasures

10/11/11

Hidden Treasures at the Anchorage Museum, The National Air and Space Museum and the Denver Art Museum. →

Museums

NASA: savvy art collector

05/27/11

Art from NASA's collection goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum →

What I’m watching, reading..instead of working

01/12/11

Sometimes the Internet is too darn distracting. A day spent learning about airplanes, rugby, Rico, Salvador Dali, the What's My Line TV show and Anita and Arabella, two spiders who went to space. →

Free admission this weekend at more than 100 museums

09/02/10

On the first weekend of every month more than 100 museums, zoos and attractions around the country offer free admission to anyone with a Bank of America card as part of the Museums on Us program. Visiting one of the participating venues is a great way to stretch a weekend entertainment budget and a good →

Museum Monday: Looking for Lindbergh

08/30/10

There are more than 700 aviation and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday we profile one of them. Eventually we’ll hit them all. This week: Looking for Lindbergh Aviator and explorer Charles Lindbergh died on August 26th back in 1974, so it’s as good a time as any to take a look at some →

Free stuff: Win one of 40 free trips in Virginia.

01/27/09

To mark the 40th anniversary of the state’s “Virginia is for Lovers” marketing campaign, Virginia tourism officials are giving away 40 trips in 40 weeks. Each has a different theme. And as far as I can tell even the grand prize options don’t include airfare. But if you live out that way or win a →

Stuck at the Airport

National Air and Space Museum

All the latest articles about National Air and Space Museum