Museum Programs

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Challenger Learning Center
The Challenger Learning Center creates a realistic experience in which students take control of a space mission.
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Tip-to-Tail Aircraft Tours
Join us for an in-depth look at some of the Museum's most remarkable aircraft. Check here for a schedule of upcoming tours.
Tip-to-Tail Aircraft Tours Image
Tip-to-Tail Aircraft Tours
Join us for an in-depth look at some of the Museum's most remarkable aircraft. Check here for a schedule of upcoming tours.

Museum Highlights

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Spirit of Flight Photography Exhibition

We invite your entries for a special juried photography exhibition to be displayed in our gallery next Spring!

Opens February 27, 2009.

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Flight Simulators

Experience flight without leaving the ground in the Museum's flight simulators! Try your hand at WWII dogfights, hang gliders, or even landing on the Moon!

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Space: Exploring the New Frontier
Land the lunar module on the Moon and join Apollo astronauts in an exploration of the Moon’s surface. Share the experiences of astronauts from the Pacific Northwest and climb inside a full size replica of the International Space Station’s Destiny Research Laboratory.

What's Happening?

American Fighter Aces: Panel Discussion
January 17, 2009
The Museum of Flight, home of the American Fighter Aces Association, is proud to sponsor a panel of men who flew and fought in the skies over war-time Europe.
Tip-to-Tail Aircraft Tour: Douglas DC-3
January 18, 2009

11am & 2pm

The role of the military C-47 and civilian DC-3 in the Berlin Airlift -- presented by Docent Dr. Dieter M. Zube, whose father was involved in the airlift operation.

Special Lecture: Peter Diamandis '83 and X Prize Foundation
January 19, 2009

6:30 Allen Theater - $5 Admission

The X Prize Foundation has started three more challenges – for super-efficient cars, human genome sequencing, and lunar space flight. Diamandis will present ideas for competitions on such causes as improving health care and promotion clean energy.

International Year of Astronomy Lecture: Dr. Don Brownlee and the Stardust Mission
January 24, 2009

2:00 pm in the Allen Theater

On Jan. 2, 2004, the Stardust spacecraft flew through the coma of Comet Wild 2 and collected bits of dust from the comet. Stardust Principal Investigator Don Brownlee will share the details of this exciting mission and what it has shown us about the formation of our Solar System.