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The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. is getting new galleries in the west wing, but it will result in temporary closures.

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has announced that it is closing for six months in 2022.

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The National Air and Space Museum will temporarily close on March 28, 2022. When it reopens in fall 2022, it will reopen with eight new galleries.

0 comments Someone alert the Resistance. They have precious few X-wing starfighters in their fleet as is, but now, the Smithsonian has one. Specifically the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The institution has Poe Dameron’s X-wing, last seen in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Lucasfilm issued a long-term loan for the full-sized vehicle. We can only imagine that they asked Poe’s permission. The X-wing, the best Star Wars spaceship, currently sits in the Restoration Hangar ...

Star Wars: An X-Wing Is Preparing to Land at the Smithsonian Museum ✖ As vaccination efforts ramp up across the United States, vacations and trips are resuming all over the country. A good few of them are dedicated to the Smithsonian, and it turns out the branch has been gifted something from a galaxy far, far away. According to the museum, it has opened a Star Wars exhibit of sorts at the National Air and Space Museum that any fan will love. The update comes from the Smithsonian Magazine a...

Look out above! A full-size X-Wing Fighter from The Rise of Skywalker is swooping to the Smithsonian’s long-term collection at the National Air & Space Museum.

Smithsonian Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter Smithsonian Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter This X-wing Starfighter appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and is on long-term loan from Lucasfilm. It is pictured here in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. It will go on display, fully assembled, in 2022 in the museums flagship building on the National Mall. On May 4th, as now seems appropriate, we were all treated to the extraordinary sight of...

The Smithsonian reopened the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F.Udvar-HazyCenter to the public Wednesday, May 5, on the 60th anniversary of the first American spaceflight—and for the first time, the Mercury mission’s Freedom 7 capsule that carried Alan Shepard into space was on display. On May 5, 1961, he made the first crewed American flight into space. Shepard would go on to walk on the moon. The Mercury mission’s Freedom 7 capsule that carried Alan Shepard into space on May 5, ...

May Fourth is informally the Star Wars Day holiday, which random brands typically use to hawk their wares. Although it’s not as bad as the promotions that come out of the woodwork on April Fools’ Day, I think I’m drawing the line at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum adding an X-wing Starfighter from Star Wars to its collection. The museum announced today that the famous ship would be going on display in 2022, via a prop loan from the Disney-owned production company, Lucasfil...