Hey honey, look, I can see our car! The Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum is on the south end of the Dulles Airport property and features a 160 foot observation tower overlooking the runways. Cool in theory, but it seemed people were most excited by the view of the parking lot and after getting off the elevator and giving obligatory “wow, we’re up high” statements, conversation turned toward “Hey, I see our car!”. At the Udvar-Hazy campus of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
You can try to get the kids excited but…: Theo in front of Space Shuttle Enterprise. At the Udvar-Hazy campus of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Zoom, rummmmm, peeeuww peeuww: At the Udvar-Hazy campus of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Theo in front of Mercury Capsule: Trip to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington. Trip to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington.
Landing Gear: Trip to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington.
Hanging there: Trip to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington. The place was really too big and warehouse-like for two small kids and even the potentially-interactive exhibits (like the tour of the airplane cockpit at the bottom of this page) were just plexiglassed-off looks inside.
