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Sasquatch Makes Helicopter Arrival at Museum Dec. 21 for Winter Event

SEATTLE, Dec. 4, 2024—On Dec. 21 Sasquatch arrives via helicopter to headline the Museum’s celebration of wintertime fun during the...

Astronaut Shares Her Father/Daughter Story Connecting WWII Bomber Flights and 1990s Spaceflights Dec. 7

SEATTLE, Dec. 2, 2024—On Dec. 7, retired space shuttle astronaut Jan Davis connects her father’s service as a B-17 bomber pilot in World...

The Museum of Flight Becomes The Museum of Fright Oct. 27

SEATTLE, Oct. 12, 2024—On Sunday Oct. 27 the spirits of Halloween and Día de Muertos transform the galleries of flight into The Museum...

Museum Celebrates Centennial of the First Global Flight Sept. 26-29

SEATTLE, Sept. 22, 2024—Sept. 26-29 the Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first successful global flight, an historic journey that...

Murder Mystery Party at the Museum Oct. 26

SEATTLE, Sept. 20, 2024—On a dark night with spy planes looming ominously overhead, a murder mystery will unfold at The Museum of Flight. On...

Is This the Beginning of a Space Age Wild West?

SEATTLE, Sept. 12, 2024—Is the new space age the beginning of a far-out Wild West? On Sept. 14 a diverse panel of spaceflight experts and...

Museum Opens Space Habitat Pavilion Sept. 28

On Sept. 28, the Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit expands its orbit and invites visitors to enter a futuristic life-size space station module—the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion.

Museum Celebrates Centennial of First Global Flight Sept. 26-29

SEATTLE, Sept. 6, 2024—On Sept. 26-29 the Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first successful global flight with special...

Murder Mystery Party at the Museum Oct. 26

SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2024—On a dark and maybe stormy night, with bizarre airplanes looming overhead, a murder mystery will unfold at The Museum of...

Museum’s 21+ HangarFest Tasting Party Rocks Aug. 24

SEATTLE, Aug. 12, 2024--HangarFest, the Museum’s 21+ open-air party in the Aviation Pavilion, caps the summer with brew/cider/wine and spirits...

Aug. 17 is Space Shuttle Saturday at the Museum

SEATTLE, Aug. 6, 2024—Scientist, author, pilot and NASA astronaut Tom Jones will talk about all things space shuttle during a lecture and book...

July 27 Lecture/Book Signing Looks at Real and Imagined Spaceships

SEATTLE, July 17, 2024—On July 27, award-winning author Ron Miller and new Smithsonian coauthors Matthew Shindell and Margaret Weitekamp will...

Memorial Day Weekend Offers Free Admission for Veterans and Active Duty Military

SEATTLE, May 19, 2024—The Museum offers free admission for veterans and active duty military all Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27, with two special programs of remembrance on May 25, begin at 11:30 a.m. with an hour of patriot music performed by the Boeing Employee Concert Band. At 1 p.m. there will be a screening of the film To What Remains, a documentary about Project Recover and its patriotic team on a ceaseless mission to search, recover and repatriate the remains of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action since WWII. The film is followed by a discussion with USMC veteran Derek Abbey, Ph.D., President/CEO of Project Recover; and Pat Scannon, M.D., Ph.D., founder of Project Recover.

The Museum’s Home Beyond Earth Exhibit About Space Stations Opens June 8

SEATTLE, May 15, 2024 - Only a few more weeks until the June 8 opening of The Museum of Flight's newest exhibition, Home Beyond Earth... 

Museum Awards $276,000 in Scholarships to 16 High School Students

SEATTLE, May 10, 2024—The Museum of Flight awarded $276,000 in scholarships to 16 Washington students for post-secondary education and flight...

The Museum’s new Home Beyond Earth Opens June 8

SEATTLE, April 19, 2024—Installation is underway with The Museum of Flight’s newest creation, Home Beyond Earth, an immersive new...

April 6 Presentation Launches Centennial of the “Moonshot of the 1920s” that Began in Seattle

SEATTLE, March 29, 2024—During the early 1920s the challenge of flying around the world was as daunting and exciting as the space race to the...

Museum Contest Seeks Far Out Fashions for Space

SEATTLE, March 22, 2024—The Museum brings back its Spacesuit Design Challenge, a seriously frivolous contest for futuristic fashionistas....

North America’s Biggest Yuri’s Night at Museum April 13

SEATTLE, March 20, 2024—North America’s biggest Yuri’s Night space-themed dance party is at the Museum April 13. The annual 21+...

Yuri’s Day Celebrates Spaceflight with Family Programs, Personalities, DJs and Dance

SEATTLE, March 18, 2024—The Museum’s April 13 Yuri’s Day is a celebration of human space exploration with family activities, an...

The Amazing Adventures of Pioneer Aviator Eugene Ely

SEATTLE, March 12, 2024—On March 23 at 2 p.m., aviation historians LaVerne Woods and Dave Zobel look at the world of Eugene Ely, the legendary...

Museum Launches Major New Space Station Exhibition June 8

SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2024—On June 8, The Museum of Flight premieres Home Beyond Earth, an immersive new exhibition that goes to the heart of the...

Tickets on Sale Feb. 7 for Yuri’s Night - Seattle

SEATTLE, Jan. 31, 2024—Tickets go on sale Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. for the Museum’s April 13, 2023 Yuri’s Night 21+ dance party. The 6-11...

Feb. 10 Preview with Filmmakers of New PBS Film, Fly With Me

SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2024—On Feb. 10 the Museum will offer a preview screening and filmmaker discussion of Fly With Me, a new documentary...

Gigi Coleman Performs Solo Show About African American Aviation Pioneer Feb. 3

SEATTLE, Jan. 19, 2024—In 1921 Bessie Coleman, 28, overcame both racial and gender discrimination to become the first African American woman to...

Museum Offers Free Holocaust Remembrance Program Jan. 28

SEATTLE, Jan. 16, 2024—On Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Museum offers an inspiring...

Museum’s Pathfinder Creative Team Includes Local High School Students

SEATTLE, Jan. 4, 2023—For over forty years The Museum of Flight’s annual Pathfinder Awards have honored Northwest visionaries that have...

Sasquatch Lands at Museum Dec. 16

SEATTLE, Dec. 11, 2023—On Dec. 16 at 11 a.m., Sasquatch will arrive at the Museum via helicopter to headline a new art-themed celebration of...

Sasquatch Flys-In to Greet Visitors Dec. 16

SEATTLE, Dec. 3, 2023—On Dec. 16 at 11 a.m., Sasquatch will arrive at the Museum via helicopter to headline a new art-themed celebration of...

Museum Hosts Kobi Yamada Book Signing Dec. 9

SEATTLE, Nov. 30, 2023—On Dec. 9, New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada will be in the Museum Store signing copies of his books Maybe,...

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