The National Air and Space Museum of
the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and
spacecraft in the world in 14,970.9 m2 of exhibition floor
space. It was established in 1946, as the National
Air Museum and opened its main building in 1976. Located in Washington D.C., United
States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation
and spaceflight as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and
geophysics. Almost all space and aircraft on display are originals or backups
to the originals. It operates an annex, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, at
Dulles International Airport, which opened in 2003 and itself encompasses 71,000 m2.
For further info visit
www.airandspace.si.edu
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