Current Exhibitions

My Visit

Futures in Space

Explore the potential near- and long–term futures that may emerge with advances in space exploration technology and enterprise.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

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Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

In the 1920s and 30s, aviation pioneers blazed new trails in the air. Pioneers of Flight celebrates this pivotal era of aviation.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

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Aerospace and Our Changing Environment

Learn how aerospace innovations contribute to understanding, monitoring, and mitigating climate change.

July 28, 2025 – Ongoing

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Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

Showcases some of the museum’s most iconic objects with artifacts arrayed along walls and suspended from the ceiling.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

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World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

Explore how the new technology of the airplane was adapted to warfare and changed how the world fights and flies.

July 28, 2025 – Indefinitely

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America by Air

America by Air traces the history of commercial aviation in the United States from airmail to airlines.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

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Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

This exhibition tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

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Thomas W. Haas We All Fly

This gallery explores the many facets of general aviation, from sport to business to humanitarian, and introduces careers available in aviation.

October 14, 2022 – Permanent

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Early Flight

Early Flight explores how in one short decade people in America and around the world were pushing boundaries, setting records, and advancing aircraft technology.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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One World Connected

How flight fostered two momentous changes in everyday life: the ease in making connections across vast distances and a new perspective of Earth.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age

Explore who Wilbur and Orville Wright were, what they achieved and how they did it, and how the world reacted.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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Nation of Speed

Nation of Speed paints a portrait of human ingenuity and explores how the pursuit of speed has shaped American culture and our national identity.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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Destination Moon

The gallery shows how an extraordinary combination of things made it possible for humans to walk on the Moon—and how we are going back.

October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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