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Design |
Hellmuth, Obata, + Kassabaum, the St. Louis-based architecture firm
that later designed the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia
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Opening |
July 1, 1976, as part of the national bicentennial celebrations
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Location |
Downtown Washington D.C., on the National Mall between Fourth and
Seventh Street, near the U.S. Capitol. Mailing address: Independence
Avenue at Sixth Street, Southwest, Washington D.C. 20560
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Visitors |
1 million: July 25, 1976
200 million: Jan. 24, 1998
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Artifacts on Display |
61 aircraft, 51 large space artifacts, some 2,000 smaller items
-as of June 1, 2007
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Facilities |
- 22 exhibition galleries
- Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater (487 seats)
- Albert Einstein Planetarium (233 seats)
- Museum store
- Planetarium store
- Flight simulator gallery
- Public dining facility
- Offices
- Library and archives
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Amenities |
- Free docent-led tours
- ATM machines
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Newest Exhibition |
"America by Air," opened Nov. 17, 2007
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Hours |
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily. (Closed Dec. 25.) |