Event
Soar Together at Air and Space: Exploring Air and Space through the Arts
Discover the creativity, innovation, and imagination inspired by air and space! Bring the whole family for a day of hands-on artmaking, lively performances, and interactive experiences that explore how artists have been inspired by flight, space exploration, and the wonder of the skies.
Activities include:
- Listen to a reading of the book, Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas and create art inspired by Alma Thomas;
- Dance and sing along to songs about the science and engineering of aviation, performed by STEMusic;
- Enjoy the play, Professor Wingnut Wants to Fly, by Smithsonian Associates' Discovery Theater;
- Learn how we color the cosmos, using different spectra of light;
Soar Together at Air and Space Family Days are free to the public. Timed entry passes are required for entry into the museum. American Sign Language interpretation available for Kids Book Talk and Storytime.
Soar Together at Air and Space is made possible by the generous support of Northrop Grumman.
On View At
Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily