The Museum of Flight
Historic aircraft, the Boeing Red Barn, restoration work, and the outdoor Aviation Pavilion connect flight technology with the industries and people that built it.
Artwork inspired by Doris Totten Chase
The Museum of Flight is strongest when aircraft are read as engineered objects made by specific workers, companies, and military or civilian requirements. The Great Gallery establishes changing airframes and propulsion, while the Boeing Red Barn exposes the industrial setting behind early manufacturing.
Cross to the Aviation Pavilion after the indoor galleries so large aircraft such as airliners and military transports can be compared at full scale. Weather can affect outdoor access, and simulators or specialty experiences may use separate tickets and schedules.
- Setting
- Seattle, Washington
- Tickets
- $29 adult; first Thursday evening free
- Allow
- 1–3 hours
Quick guide
- Anchor
- historic aircraft and the industries that made flight
- Second focus
- Great Gallery ↔ the relationship among collection, exhibition, and building
How to read The Museum of Flight on site
- Begin
- Orient around historic aircraft and the industries that made flight possible.
- Do not miss
- The Great Gallery, Boeing Red Barn, and outdoor Airpark.
- Look closer
- Orient around historic aircraft and the industries that made flight possible.
- Plan for
- Begin indoors, then reserve weather-dependent outdoor aircraft for last.
Good to know
Free first-Thursday admission runs 5–9 p.m. Aircraft interiors have separate access limits: the Shuttle Trainer requires a ladder, closed shoes, age 12+, height under 6 feet 4 inches, and a separate nonrefundable reservation. Public-tour availability is updated twice daily.
Notice these
- historic aircraft and the industries that made flight
- Great Gallery
- 1–3 hours