National Air & Space Museum
A museum in Washington D.C. & the only museum that we have visited there. It has the largest collection of aircraft & spacecraft in the world. It is also a research center for planetary science, history, science & technology of aviation & spaceflight, etc.
Almost all space and aircraft on display are originals or backup crafts to the originals.
We were given only a half hour here, including getting a bio break :( (Remember I mentioned in my Washinton D.C. post that we were following a tour ?)
So what we did there were basically taking some pictures, & make sure we go around the whole museum in half hour's time.
Lesson learn from this trip, never follow a tour if you can. It was not fun at all, & was quite wasteful since we don't get enough time to explore what we like.
If I have a chance, would like to visit this place again, since there are other museums here that we didn't get to go at that time, back in 2003.
16 comments:
Hmm you love to visit museums? Quite a number of blog posts related to museums :P
Hi Bee Lee! I am reading this post with my son! He is enjoying your aircrafts pictures! My son says hello to you!
wow, it looks huge.
Bee,
I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a young girl. I love anything that flies :)
I think because of my unfulfil dream, my son has the biggest collection of airplane :).
A few months ago, he said he wanted to be an astronaut, I was so thrilled then lately he said he wanted to be a biker jump :), sigh :)
When we visit the Kenny center this year (don't know when yet but I want to make a trip there this year), I will send you some of the photos. U can write a post about it :).
wonder how many museums in usa?
Hello KuanHoong :
Yes, I like to visit museums :)
Hi Emila :
Glad that your son enjoyed the pictures :) I remember him as a bright & active boy with artistic mind, please say hello to him for me too :)
Hey Jerry :
Yeah, it needs to accommodate all those large aircrafts & spacecrafts.
Haha, Jamy, your son is so cute ! And thanks for such a nice offer, I think it will be more interesting to invite you as my guest blogger instead of me writing the post :)
Hi Jenny :
I don't have the exact amount but it's over a thousand of them !!!
Hmmm, looks interesting. While in DC, I have only been able to cover the Smithsonian so far.
Hello Shantanu :
I didn't get to go to the Smithsonian , only saw a program about it in Discovery Channel sometime ago.
a thousand of museum in USA. wow! that's a great number man! u mean they have one dedicated for particular items like glass, aircraft, what else? sand, plastic, steel, robots...
Hi Jenny :
Some museums are dedicated for specific item or field. You can check out this list List of Museums in USA
wow! lovely post about aircraft museum!thanks for sharing :)
one of my fren used to be aircraft designer,but lately resigned..sigh..
bcome aumotive designer.
u may visit his blog too..
aerogap.blogspot.com
Hello Jo :
Nice to see you here :) Thanks for the comment :) Everyone quit their job for a reason, I'm sure your friend has made a difficult decision, will visit his page when I get a chance :)
I went in 1985 during my very first US visit, your post reminds me my trip. - kathy.
Hey Kathy :
That was 22 years ago !!! Do the aircrafts/spacecrafts look the same when you visited this place ?
stumbled upon this list and it reminds me of your museum post:
http://www.hightechscience.org/museums.htm
total 1034 of museums in USA (if i'm not mistaken, they are in USA)
Yeah Jenny, looks like all museums are from USA, thanks for sharing the link :)
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