Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA 20151, USA
Added by Jopie, at 06 March 2022

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• Anonymous

  19 August 2022

  I visited on a Monday afternoon and spent two to three hours enjoying immensely the collection of aircraft in this museum. Admission is free, leaving only the $15 parking fee to pay. The Smithsonian does a great job keeping the place clean and getting people through security in a more than reasonable time. I also viewed my first IMAX film here and found the seating and experience overall to be worth the price of admission.
  
  The museum itself has a wide assortment of commercial and military aircraft to view from a short distance. The placards serve their educational purpose by providing historical context for the time periods in which the aircraft flew and their purpose along with a special fact or two. I was surprised to see examples of enemy aircraft also on display along with stories about how the museum came to own these artifacts of past wars. The Space Shuttle Discovery of course is a well known and deservedly highly visited centerpiece of the museum. The size of the Shuttle is rather awesome up close and lends to photo opportunities from multiple vantage points.
  
  A great place for children and adults to see and learn some aeronautical history to be sure. I could return next year for a refresher on all the exhibits and maybe take a closer look at some of the more subtle supplementary exhibits I did not see this time.

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• Anonymous

  21 June 2022

  Amazing place, can't believe it's free (although you have to pay $15 for parking). The biggest problem is: there is so much to see! After 4 hours I still didn't see everything. If you don't read captions it might be much faster though, I just like to know exactly what I'm looking at. Exhibitions are very interesting and take you through the entire history of flying, from balloons, through first planes up to space travel. You can see actual devices used by NASA in the past and things that visited space! How cool it is to see real Discovery spaceship and Blackbird aircraft! Everything is captioned and there are staff members and volunteers answering your questions. Also there are paid flight simulators which are not true simulators, rather fun games. VR of space exploration wasn't really worth it IMO (both time and money) but for kids it might be cool.

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• Anonymous

  21 April 2022

  This has to be one of the best things to do during a layover at any airport in the world - as well as being a fantastic day out in its own right. You can catch the 981/983 bus service from right outside Dulles to the museum. It’s $2 each way - and you need cash. No debit cards. Service runs every 20 mins. The museum is free (though if you drive it’s $15 parking) and you could easily spend 3+ hours there. From Concorde to an F35, the Discovery Space Shuttle and the alien-like SR71 Blackbird. This museum is a must for any aviation or space geek. It is a world class collection.

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• Anonymous

  09 April 2022

  Wow amazingly big and nice air museum. If you love airplane or study for pilot or you have interest jn aviation, I recommend you go there. If you are not interested in aviation, you will still love it there. Same to me. It's worth my time and you too.
  
  It's perfect for single, couple or families with or without kids. Much fun there.
  
  Free to entry but the parking fee is $10 or less than $15. They have souvenirs..

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• Anonymous

  13 March 2022

  Super cool! I am a pilot and an aviation lover so I was bound to love it, but my brother and his wife who don't have any particular interest in aviation, came with me and they loved it too. It's super fun for families and kids. The museum is free, parking is $10. The fighter Sim was cool and 10 per person.

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