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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....

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