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Where is Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum?

Blackbird, Concorde and space shuttle: the National Air and Space Museum’s field office houses the rarities of the largest and most valuable aircraft collection. For this purpose, Dulles Airport near Washington was built not a Hangar, but a cathedral of aviation.

The topic of flying fascinates people: with eight million visitors per year, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) is one of the most visited of the Smithsonian Institution’s 19 houses on the elm-lined National Mall in Washington DC. Within sight of the Capitol, crowds of capital tourists make daily pilgrimages to aircraft, cruise missiles and moon rocks to touch.

But only a few get lost in the Udvar-Hazy Center, the NSAM branch far outside the city gates. The three huge contiguous halls form a veritable aircraft temple and are about an hour’s drive away in the state of Virginia. Via a taxiway, the Church-High rooms are connected to the landing strips of Washington International Airport (three-Letter code: IAD).

Address: 600 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560
Opened: 1976
Hours:
Monday 10AM–5:30PM
Tuesday 10AM–5:30PM
Wednesday 10AM–5:30PM
Thursday 10AM–5:30PM
Friday 10AM–5:30PM
Saturday 10AM–5:30PM
Sunday 10AM–5:30PM
Tickets: free · si.edu
Architect: Gyo Obata

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