National Air and Space Museum Closure 2022

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National Air and Space Museum Closure 2022

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Just had this appear in my inbox. So thought I'd pass it on in case anyone was thinking of going next year --
For anyone planning a trip next year, this may affect some of your plans...


National Mall Building to Temporarily Close Spring 2022

The National Air and Space Museum’s building on the National Mall will temporarily close to the public March 28, 2022 until fall 2022 to complete work on the first new galleries in the west wing of the building, as part of our ongoing renovation. This closure is needed to ensure the continued safety of visitors.

Since opening in 1976, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC has been one of the most popular museums in the world. With nearly 350 million visitors and almost 50 years of operation, we are undergoing a large-scale renovation that will introduce all new galleries and public spaces, starting next year. In order to fully prepare for the first of these new galleries, the Museum on the National Mall will be closing temporarily, starting Monday, March 28. We look forward to reopening and sharing our new vision with visitors in 2022.

To provide the best visitor experience, the museum’s west-end galleries will open all at one time at a date to be announced next year. The west-end exhibitions opening in fall 2022 will include America by Air, The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age, Nation of Speed, Thomas W. Haas We All Fly, One World Connected, Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery, Destination Moon, and Early Flight. The museum store and Albert Einstein Planetarium will also open in the fall.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia is not affected by the closure of the National Mall Building.

Thanks to MSF for this
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Re: National Air and Space Museum Closure 2022

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Terrific. That's exactly when we were planning to be there.

Thanks for the heads-up.

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