Past Events

“Flights of Fancy” Story Time

Check out our virtual Flights of Fancy story time videos.

Story Times are family-friendly activities held at the Museum in Washington, DC, and at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

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"Three High-Flying Friends" illustration

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Three High-Flying Friends"

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Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story "Three High-Flying Friends," which tells the story of Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols, and Louise Thaden who were friends that shared a love of flying.

A drawing of children playing with kites.

Flights of Fancy Story Time: At the Air Show

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Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story At the Air Show!

Drawing of a Memorial Day parade

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "History Heroes"

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Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. In this story, the three friends and Mo are inspired by the Memorial Day Parade to put on their own parade to honor their history heroes and to imagine what kind of work they might do in the future.

three friends on a spacewalk

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Three Friends and Mo Spacewalk"

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Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari reads the original story Three Friends and Mo Spacewalk, a story about the characters' pretend visit to the International Space Station! 

drawing of kids in homebuilt airplane

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Homebuilt Airplanes"

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Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story "Homebuilt Airplanes," which tells the story of three friends who build their own airplane out of items in their home.

drawing

Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Mission to Mars"

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Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story "Mission to Mars." We have sent landers and rovers to Mars, but we never have sent humans to explore the Red Planet. We return to our three friends as they imagine what it would be like to plan a trip, build a rocket, and travel on a mission to Mars.

drawing

Flights of Fancy Story Time: Building Our Home Among the Stars

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Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story Building Our Home Among the Stars, which tells the story of Three Friends building a space station, in honor of the 20th anniversary of humans living on the International Space Station.

drawing

Flights of Fancy Story Time: Fly and Float

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Gather your little ones for story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari will read the original story Fly and Float, a story about seaplanes.