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  • National Air and Space Museum in DC
  • Udvar-Hazy Center in VA
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One museum, two locations

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

What's On

What's On

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  • IMAX and Planetarium
Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

At the museum and online

Discover our exhibitions and participate in programs both in person or virtually.

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space shuttle launch

Dive deep into air and space

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content.

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Learn

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Women in Aviation and Space Family Day

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Bring the Air and Space Museum to your learners, wherever you are.

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Bob Hoover Gives an Air Show Performance

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The National Air and Space Museum’s office of the Registrar is responsible for the generation, maintenance and oversight of records and documentation related to the museum’s 70,000+ object collection. The office also manages the Museum’s loan program, which both lends and borrows objects for exhibition and research.

Registration staff oversee both physical records and digital data, with the goal of providing accurate and comprehensive information to support research and exhibits. The office maintains all formal and legal documentation associated with NASM's collections and establishes standards addressing the generation and retention of collections information.

The office oversees the accession and deaccession of collections material and the tracking of non-collections material used in exhibitions and programming.

The office works with a range of Smithsonian units to establish and enforce policies and procedures that ensure that the collections are collected, documented, maintained and (when appropriate) disposed of in accordance with the highest ethical standards of the museum profession.

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National Air and Space Museum

6th St. and Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560

202-633-2214

Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Free Timed-Entry Passes
Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
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