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Jul 09, 2019

A 363-Foot Rocket Will Be Projected On The Washington Monument To Commemorate The First Moon Landing

Along with an entire 17-minute show to tell the story of Apollo 11.

Feb 01, 2019

Air And Space Museum Closes Nine Galleries As Part Of Massive Renovation

The museum has also announced some lane and sidewalk closures.

Oct 25, 2017

Air And Space Museum Will Undergo Seven Years Of Renovations

Officials say it will mark a “new era” for the second-most popular museum in the world.

Apr 27, 2016

40 Years In The Making: The National Air And Space Museum Announces An All-Night Party

The anniversary event will take place July 1.

Dec 16, 2013

Photographer Grabbed By Smithsonian Guards During Protest Told He Needed Permission To Be Inside

“If in the future you have a need to report on any Smithsonian museum, please contact that museum’s communications office,” a security manager for the Office of Protections Services wrote in the letter.

Jun 12, 2013

The Ten Best Tourist Spots Locals Should Also Enjoy in D.C.

Washington, D.C. is a tourism mecca, from its free museums to its vast collection of monuments and memorials. Here are the places tourists and locals alike should visit.

Jun 23, 2008

SHIA LABEOUF CAUGHT SMOKING IN SMITHSONIAN BATHROOM?

The second Transformers movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, is apparently filming in Washington right now, because people keep sending us celebrity gossip reports that actor Shia LaBeouf allegedly set off a smoke alarm inside a bathroom at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum over the weekend when he tried to sneak a cigarette inside the building. The story seems to have come entirely from the National Enquirer, however, so we should probably take…

 
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