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Past Exhibits
he Museum of Flight strives to present an interesting array of exhibits that create interest and inspiration for a wide variety of people. Here is a collection of past exhibits that we have featured.
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Great Gallery
The Museum is the home of the American Fighter Aces Association and holds their collections and archives. This special temporary exhibit draws from items currently not on display and features photos and other materials from Maj. James C. Stewart that he collected during World WarII. Exhibit closed 9/23.
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Great Gallery
A major showing of new aerospace art, the American Society of Aviation Artists 2008 International Aerospace Art Exhibit, opened at The Museum of Flight on Friday, June 13, 2008. This juried show featured over 50 paintings and sculptures by artists from around the world. This exhibit closed Sept. 14, 2008.
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Great Gallery
Our new temporary exhibit Chasing Horizons chronicles women’s achievements from early balloon flights to work on the International Space Station. Many fascinating and little known stories will be shared along with photos, personal artifacts and archival films. Now open.
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Great Gallery
An exhibition of 30 paintings by Japanese artist Toshiro Sawanuki were on display in The Museum’s Great Gallery. This was Sawanuki’s first major exhibition in the United States.
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Great Gallery
In Search of Amelia Earhart featured many of her original personal artifacts, as well as photos and newsreel footage. Closed May 16, 2010.
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Great Gallery
A special juried photography exhibition displayed in our Great Gallery. Open until June 14, 2009.
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Great Gallery
Style in the Aisle—an exhibit about the history and fashion of flight attendants in the United States.
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Great Gallery
The Museum of Flight’s extensive flight attendant uniform collection made its first public appearance in Style in the Aisle, a temporary exhibition that opened on February 9, 2008. The exhibit's popularity prompted us to bring it back with many new uniforms! The exhibit was on display in the Great Gallery from January through June, 2011.
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Great Gallery
In June of 1948, when Berlin was occupied by forces from the main former World War II Allied nations, the Soviet Union declared a blockade of all the ground transport in and out of Berlin.
This exhibit closed on February 8, 2009.
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Lear Gallery
As part of the 40th anniversary celebration of humankind’s first steps on the Moon, the Museum of Flight brings to Seattle the exhibit Apollo 11: An Artist’s Perspective - Original Sketches from NASA Artist Paul Calle.
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Museum Lobby
One hundred years ago, on March 11, 1910, American aviator Charles K. Hamilton, known as the “Crazy Man of the Air”, became the first to fly an airplane in Washington State at a site near where the Museum of Flight is today. Learn more about this historic flight in the Museum's lobby.
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Museum of Flight
In celebration of The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), The Museum of Flight will feature public programs about notable people and topics on the subject of astronomy.
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