Exhibitions

The Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall showcases historic aircraft and spacecraft that illustrate how aviation and space exploration have transformed the world.

Explore the Universe examines how our ideas about the Universe evolved as we developed new astronomical instruments.

How Things Fly explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly.

Moving Beyond Earth traces the recent history of human spaceflight and explores future possibilities.

Space Race describes the U.S.-Soviet space rivalry and its aftermath, from the military origins of the Space Race, through the race to the Moon and the development of reconnaissance satellites, to cooperative efforts to maintain a human presence in space.

The 1903 Wright Flyer, the world's first successful airplane, serves as the centerpiece of this exhibition, which tells the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane.

This exhibition explores how revolutions in timekeeping over three centuries have influenced how we find our way.