National Air and Space Museum Reopens Aerospace Learning Classrooms

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has reopened two classrooms dedicated to aerospace learning, thanks to a $1 million gift from GE Aerospace. The gift coincides with the museum's 50th anniversary and will serve as inspirational learning spaces that invite students to experiment and tinker, with the aim of supporting hundreds of students each year.

The classrooms will be used to connect learners with the museum's iconic objects, and the gift also supports staffing for student and teacher programs. This includes funding a museum educator who will facilitate reservable, object-based field trips, called "Museum Labs," at the museum's Washington location. The educator will engage students with real artifacts and explore the careers essential for presenting these historic items to millions of visitors annually.

The gift is part of GE Aerospace's ongoing support of the museum, which includes another recent donation of $1 million to sponsor the Demonstration Theater in the "How Things Fly" gallery. The Demonstration Theater will host regularly scheduled interactive programs and hands-on activities that help make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) concepts and the science of flight easier to understand.

The National Air and Space Museum is located on Jefferson Drive between Fourth and Seventh streets S.W., and is open every day except December 25 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, but timed-entry passes are required to visit. The museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington Dulles International Airport, is open every day except December 25 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, timed-entry passes are not required for regular indoor visitation, and parking is $15. Photos and video of the classrooms and sound from representatives of the museum and GE Aerospace are available upon request.