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. With every single gallery redesigned, and more than $700 million of the total eventually put into structural upgrades, it’ll practically be a new museum, says director Chris Browne. By the time it’s finished, more diverse voices, 1,400 new objects on display, and interactive forms of storytelling will retell the story of air and space. Yet with artifacts literally the size of jet planes, renovation is no small feat. Here’s a peek behind the scenes.
While this Lear Jet 23 fuselage, the longest-surviving and second one ever built, could reach top speeds of 561 mph in its heyday, it went much slower while cruising down I-66 on the back of a flatbed trailer. It was traveling from the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, where it and many other air- and spacecraft underwent restoration, before making the trek to downtown DC.
A car? In the Air and Space Museum? It might sound strange, but this 1959 Chevy Corvette, on loan from Kentucky’s Corvette Museum, is part of an entirely new exhibit exploring America’s need for speed. This particular model was one of the first attempts to introduce sports cars to non–racetrack drivers.
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