600 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington DC, DC , 20560

Phone: 202-357-2700

Website

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics.
The museum has two display facilities. The National Mall building in Washington, D.C. (This one) has hundreds of artifacts on display including the original Wright 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 command module, and a lunar rock sample that visitors can touch. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center displays many more artifacts including the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay and Space Shuttle Discovery.

All machines are now Preloaded Zinc. You can either do $4.00 for 4 designs on credit card or $1.00 bill in cash for each design. It is still a turning handle machine.

11/23: The museum is open but under remodeling, about half is still in use. Free, 'Timed Entry' tickets are required.

Machine 1: Lower level, outside the gift shop (Machine 1 and 2)
1) Friendship 7,
2) Fighter Mustang P51-D,
3) Sputnki 1
4) Bell X-1.

Machine 2: Lower level, outside the gift shop (Machine 1 and 2)
1) The Moon Landing,
2) 1903 Wright Flyer,
3) The Spirit of St. Louis,
4) Space Shuttle Enterprise.

Machine 3: Ground floor, outside the gift shop (Machine 3 and 4). This machine was out of order May 2025
1) The Beech Model 17 Staggerwing,
2) Grunman X-29,
3) Douglas S80-6 Dauntless,
4) The M2-F8 Lifting Body.

Machine 4 Ground floor, outside the gift shop (Machine 3 and 4)
1) Smithsonian Logo,
2) Smithsonian Castle,
3) Carousel Horse
4) Lincoln Head.

Tokens sold in Gift Shop:
Need scan/ photo of tokens, both sides, on a plain white background.

9/24 Museums have stopped carrying penny books. Only have the token books.

5/25/25: The machines moved around, info, one out of order, same designs -Bill xD