Exhibitions

American Enterprise chronicles the tumultuous interaction of capitalism and democracy that resulted in the continual remaking of American business—and American life. It traces the development of the United States from a small dependent .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The World War I exhibition uses fascinating artifacts and the distinctive sights and sounds of early combat aircraft to tell the story of how remarkable people adapted the new technology of the airplane to warfare and changed how the world .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Destination Moon exhibition features iconic objects from the Museum's unrivaled collection of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo artifacts, including Alan Shepard's Mercury spacesuit and spacecraft, a Saturn V F-1 engine, and Neil Armstrong's .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Each day the United States Postal Service processes hundreds of millions of pieces of mail and delivers to over 150 million addresses. At the center of this bustling postal network are more than a hundred Processing and Distribution Centers .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

In 1878, Thomas Alva Edison set out to develop a practical electric light. For over a year, Edison and the staff at his Menlo Park Laboratory experimented with countless materials in the search for a practical filament. They also developed all .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Value of Money examines global histories of exchange, cultural interaction, political change, and innovation through more than 400 objects from the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection. The exhibition .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

This exhibition examines the critical role the postal system played in the creation of America's commercial aviation industry and features the pilots and early aircraft that made it possible, including a 1911 Wiseman-Cooke, a 1919 de Havilland .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Space science is performed in Earth's upper atmosphere or beyond and covers disciplines from meteorology and geology to lunar, solar, and planetary science; astronomy and astrophysics; and life sciences. The objects on view include vehicles (.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.