Self-guided Explorations invite students to explore our galleries with their chaperones using Museum provided materials.

Note: Large print versions of each exploration guide is available upon advanced request. Dream of Flight tour guides can use amplification upon advanced request.


Museum Explorations is a part of the Fossett Flyers Education Initiative.


Great Gallery Aircraft Hunt

A program for the youngest aviators, the Great Gallery Aircraft Hunt uses colorful image cards to search for specific aircraft in the Museum. After a brief introduction, groups set out to explore the Great Gallery and, with the guidance of chaperones, discover information on some of the most amazing aircraft in history!

  • This is a self-guided exploration
  • Suitable for PreK to 1st grade
  • Maximum group size: 30 participants
  • Program Length: Brief introduction; self-tour at your own pace
  • Student groups require one chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones (more than 10) will need to purchase Adult general admission.

Download Great Gallery Aircraft Hunt Objectives & Standards


Availability and Price:

Two start times offered Monday through Friday, 10:00 and 10:30 AM. Request form works best from a computer, not a mobile device.

Fee: $180

Request Great Gallery Aircraft Hunt


Strange and Amazing Aircraft Investigation

Students receive an illustrated booklet to use as they discover and analyze a wide range of aircraft designs from the most interesting to the strange and amazing.

  • This is a self-guided exploration
  • Suitable for 2nd and 3rd grade
  • Maximum group size: 30 participants
  • Program Length: Brief introduction; self-tour at your own pace
  • Student groups require one chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones (more than 10) will need to purchase Adult general admission.

Download Strange and Amazing Aircraft Objectives & Standards


Availability and Price:

Multiple start times offered Monday through Friday, every half hour from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Request form works best from a computer, not a mobile device.

Fee: $180

Request Strange and Amazing


Flying Through Time

From the oldest aircraft to modern jets, students explore aviation history, science, and technology through fun and engaging booklets that guide them to discover, question and extend their thinking about the development of aviation.

  • This is a self-guided exploration
  • Suitable for 4th to 6th grade
  • Maximum group size: 30 participants
  • Program Length: Brief introduction; self-tour at your own pace
  • Student groups require one chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones (more than 10) will need to purchase Adult general admission.

Flying Through Time Objectives & Standards


Availability and Price:

Multiple start times offered Monday through Friday, every half hour from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Request form works best from a computer, not a mobile device.

Fee: $180


Request Flying Through Time


Dream of Flight

From the earliest dreams of flight to modern day space travel, students view these milestones as they are guided through the T.A Wilson Great Gallery and The Red Barn® exhibits. While tracing the development of flight, a Museum Docent highlights pivotal innovations in aircraft engineering and design.

  • This is a Docent-led exploration
  • Suitable for 9th to 12th grade
  • Maximum group size: 30 participants
  • Program Length: 1-hour
  • Student groups require one chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones (more than 10) will need to purchase Adult general admission.

Download Dream of Flight Objectives & Standards


Availability and Price:

Multiple start times offered Monday through Friday, every half hour from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Request form works best from a computer, not a mobile device.

Fee: $180

Request Dreams of Flight


For more information or to schedule a program, contact 206-764-0384 or Education@museumofflight.org.




Fossett Flyers

Museum Explorations is a part of the Fossett Flyers Education Initiative.