The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

2010

about the museum;
Comments from students;
Picture (photos of sights).
Work in groups:
Look

for the materials in the Internet;
Look through the homework you’ve done for the previous lessons
Ask for other students’ ideas. Discuss the materials you want to include in your project;
Copy and develop what you have discussed and agreed on.

about how to place pictures and photos, how to make

your project colorful and readable;
Proofread the material, check the spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary;
Make slides and presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint;
Present your project to your students.

an act of Congress. Some pieces in the National Air

and Space Museum collection date back to the 1876. In 1952 it was placed in the Maryland-National Capital Park.
The Space race in 1950 and 1960 led to the renaming of the museum to the National Air and Space Museum.
The new exhibition hall was opened
in July, 1976.
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was
opened in 2003.

cubes containing the smaller and more theatrical exhibits, connected by

three spacious steel-and-glass atria which house the larger exhibits such as missiles, airplanes and spacecraft.
The west glass wall of the building is used for the installation of airplanes.

AIA 150 - Shape of America

variety of free educational programs for families, school groups and

the general public.
Guided School Group Tours are held at the National Mall Building and at the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center.
Tour duration is about one hour.
National Mall Building Tours are about:
African Americans in the and Space History;
Discovery;
Exploring the Planets;
Exploring Space;
Exploring the Universe with Telescopes;
History of Flight;
Air Transportation-Past, Present, Future;
Personal Aviation;
Military Aviation.

in 1855. The complex now includes 14 museums.
James Smithsonian had

never been to the US but left his entire fortune of 500,000 $ to America.

Smithsonian museums

An 1816 portrait of Smithson
by Henri-Joseph Johns

Museum)
Arts and Industries Building (Mall Museum)
Freer Gallery of

Art (Mall Museum)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Mall Museum)
National Air and Space Museum (Mall Museum)
National Museum of African American History and Culture (not yet built)
National Museum of African Art (Mall Museum)
National Museum of American History (Mall Museum)
National Museum of the American Indian (Mall Museum)
National Museum of Natural History (Mall Museum)
National Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum
S. Dillon Ripley Center (Mall Museum)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian Institution Building
Smithsonian National Zoological Park (National Zoo)
The National Gallery of Art is affiliated with the Smithsonian, and is run by a separate charter.

Museum is the world’s most popular Museum.
The 23 galleries are

filled with the exhibits that tell the story of man flight.
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It’s located in Washington, D.C, United State.
It is also a center for research into the history and the science of aviation and spaceflight, planetary science

lunar landing module. It is also has the original airplane

used by the Wright Brothers and «the Spirit of St. Lous»; the first plane to cross the Atlantic, which Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris.

the Spirit of St. Lous

of the setting in the 2009 film Night at the

Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, but the film was actually shot in Vancouver.
The Air and Space Museum that is in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where Sam, Mikaela, Wheelie and Agent Simmons woke up Jetfire, where Sam, Mikaela, Wheelie and Agent Simmons woke up Jetfire in SR-71 Blackbird mode, is the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where Sam, Mikaela, Wheelie and Agent Simmons woke up Jetfire in SR-71 Blackbird mode, is the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center branch facility located near Dulles International Airport.
As of 2007, over 6 million people visited the National Air and Space Museum.