National Air and Space Museum
Aviation museum in Washington
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| 2024 | Projected completion year for the comprehensive renovation of the National Air and Space Museum. |
| 2023 | Welcomed 3.1 million visitors, becoming the fourth-most visited museum in the United States and eleventh-most visited museum globally. |
| October 14 2022 | Western side of the museum featuring eight new galleries, planetarium, museum store, and cafe reopened as part of Phase I of the renovation. |
| March 3 2022 | Museum temporarily reopened and operated through March 28, 2022, before closing for a six-month renovation period. |
| 2020 | Museum closed along with other Smithsonian museums due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2018 | Potential start year for museum renovation work, following NCPC authorization. |
| 2018 | Museum received the Schmitt Space Communicator, a device launched on a New Shepard rocket that sent the first tweet from space via an in-flight internet connection. |
| October 2018 | Museum announced a 7-year renovation process and began gradually closing galleries between December 2018 and January 2019. |
| June 2016 | Smithsonian officials projected the museum's total renovation cost at $1 billion, including $676 million for construction, $50 million for new storage space, and $250 million for new exhibits. |
| March 2016 | Smithsonian officials reported that the National Air and Space Museum renovation project's cost had risen to $600 million. |
| July 9 2015 | The Smithsonian planned to submit renovation designs to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) for review and potential approval. |
| June 30 2015 | The Smithsonian began seeking approval for a $365 million renovation to the National Air and Space Museum, hiring Quinn Evans Architects to design improvements to the museum's infrastructure and exhibits. |
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