All Smithsonian museums, including our locations in D.C. and Virginia, will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 25, and Monday, Jan. 26 due to winter weather.
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.
Discover our exhibitions and participate in programs both in person or virtually.
Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content.
Bring the Air and Space Museum to your learners, wherever you are.
Your support will help fund exhibitions, educational programming, and preservation efforts.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
ART-Paintings
Filter, Blue
Chesley Bonestell, American, 1888 - 1986
Light blue, almost purple, plastic square. Signs of previous adhesive application around edges.
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 24.1 × 24.8cm (9 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.)
A20240188000
Gift of John W. Harvey in Memory of Ellwyn E. Angle
National Air and Space Museum
Usage conditions applyFor more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use.