DisentangledElm t1_iye0ygn wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:25 PM

Reply to comment by Willothwisp2303 in New Smithsonian museum in Baltimore? by TheSpiritedMan

Can't really say that for Air & Space.

jabbadarth t1_iye2c2w wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:34 PM

That's a little more of a unique situation though since aircraft are so large. Kind of hard to keep a ton of aircraft in a museum in downtown DC, even harder to physically get them there.

The rest of the museums by and large have much smaller artifacts and exhibits than udvar hazy does.

why_grapefruit_why t1_iye3r2z wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:43 PM

The new billion dollar renovation of the Air and Space museum just opened phase 1 of 3 and it’s pretty awesome so far. It’s right next to the Hirshhorn.

I hate that they keep the cool big stuff in Virginia hahah, but I don’t know the plans for the future space at the new spot. It’s massive.

Timmah_1984 t1_iyezo6h wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:10 PM

The museum they have at Dulles is amazing though. The space in DC just wasn’t there. I saw a display they did there of The Enola Gay in the 90s. It was only part of the fuselage and some bits of the plane. It had been stored in pieces for decades. It’s nice to go there and see the whole thing in all of its glory. Plus they have an SR-71 and a space shuttle.