The National Air and Space Museum holds in trust over 60,000 artifacts and more than 20,000 cubic feet of archival materials. Historic aircraft and space artifacts, such as the 1903 Wright Flyer and the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, highlight the National Collection.

Thousands of additional artifacts—including engines, rockets, uniforms, spacesuits, balloons, artwork, documents, manuscripts, and photographs—document the richness of the history of flight. A wide variety of these artifacts are on display at the Museum in Washington, DC and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

 

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78 result(s) Captain Michael Gitt Papers Archival Record Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation Collection Archival Record Elbert W. Proctor Collection Archival Record J. C. B. Tinling/Power Jets, Inc. Collection Archival Record Regional Aviation Assistance Group Reports Posey Archival Record Clement Melville Keys Papers Archival Record Glenn L. Martin Nebraska Company Scrapbooks (Brown Collection) Archival Record Pan American Airways (Pan Am) (USA) Foreign Air Mail (FAM 18) First Transatlantic Scheduled Airmail Flight Flown Letter Archival Record Joseph D. Mountain Collection Archival Record American Export Airlines Transatlantic Route Reports Archival Record Matthew Bacon Sellers II Collection Archival Record William Carl Diehl Collection Archival Record
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Our collections specialists actively work on the conservation, preservation, restoration, and long-term care of the objects in our collection. From full-scale restoration projects to applying preservation techniques and doing regular assessments, these activities form a crucial part of our stewardship of the National Collection.

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