Space on earth @National Air and Space

One of my favorite museums to see in DC. I love everything that you can learn about aviation and space exploration here! You should reserve free tickets online for a specific time slot and show up about 15 minutes early. We had our tickets for a Sunday and it was crazy packed. Arrive 15 minutes late put us in the back of the line. Everyone got through very quickly at our assigned time so it’s no big stress but it was pretty crowded. I love the planetarium they have put in. We watched Dark Universe there and it was stunning to see. Like a large IMAX theatre. There are a lot of great exhibits and we probably got stuck learning about the science of flight from Orville and Wilbur Wright. Very interesting and detailed exhibit that we literally spent an hour on. We spent 2-3 hours here and I highly recommend that you plan a full day here to read and learn as much as you can, if you love that kind of stuff. There’s a cafe downstairs that you can go for lunch and to have a little break you til 5pm. When we were there the museum closed at 5:30pm and 2-5:30pm was not enough time for everything. You can definitely break it into a couple of days if you like too but there is so much to see so don’t force yourself to see everything and wear yourself out because the other days are going to be a pain if you’re dealing with blisters or something like that. Besides that have a lot of fun and learn well! #wecreate