View of a nose of a Japanese airplane.

Kugisho MXY7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) 22 Nose

Yellow painted bi-plane hanging in the museum.

Piper J-3

A video featuring a combination of animations and historical images that explain what a pulsar map is and how it was made.
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This Unusual Map Locates Our Solar System in Space and Time

August 07, 2025
A fly through of a museum exhibit that includes objects related to commercial spaceflight and science fiction.
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"Futures in Space" Exhibition Teaser Trailer

July 28, 2025
A fly through of a museum exhibition that features artifacts from World War I, including biplanes, flight suits, and guns.
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"World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation" Exhibition Teaser Trailer

July 28, 2025
A fly through of a museum exhibition that features marquis objects in aviation such as the lunar lander and the bell x-1.
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"Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall" Exhibition Teaser Trailer

July 28, 2025
A fly through of a museum exhibition that features objects related to aviation in the 1920s and 1930s such as Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh's planes.
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"Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight" Exhibition Teaser Trailer

July 28, 2025

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A engine fan, with a cylindrical body and a black fan on the right side. It has a slightly curved futuristic shape.

CFM Open Fan Engine

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A large rectangular device with golden foil.

Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)

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An acorn colored cane basket with miscellaneous rope and fittings suspended from the ceiling.

Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service

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German cross in matte black painted on a piece of fabric, framed behind glass, mounted on a wall.

German Balloon Fragment with Iron Cross

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The entrance to a museum gallery, with a compass rose on the floor and a small silver airplane hanging from the ceiling. Signs at the entrance identify the gallery as "Pioneers of Flight." In the gallery, other planes are visible as well as cases holding artifacts.

Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

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Inside a gallery, the photograph showcases four World War I era biplanes, one sitting on the ground and three hanging as though in flight. In the back corner is also a balloon basket. On the right wall are a variety of other artifacts.

World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation

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A view of the Boeing Milestones of Flight gallery, taken from above. From left to right, viewers can see a lunar module--an almost cubist spacecraft with golden foil and silver metal, satellites, SpaceShip One with its futuristic curving lines, an the orange Bell X-1 with its curved fuselage, an experimental green and black plane, missiles and rockets. The floor features an inlaid pulsar map, made of lines and dashes radiating out from the Museum's logo.

Pulsar Map in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

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A large cylindrical structure with two smaller cylinders attached on either side sits at the center of the image. It is lit with moody, space-like lighting. The smaller cylinders have entrances to go inside the structure. In the foreground are exhibition labels on panels.

The Mars Habitat in Futures in Space

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Images of people living in a mock Mars habitat are projected on a curved wall. The people read books and play the guitar. The rest of the space is dark.

Inside the Mars Habitat in Futures in Space