Opening of the Museum of Flight's New Space Gallery

Dec. 10 marks the public opening of the Museum's new Space Gallery. To celebrate, there will be space-related videos, family programs and speaker programs in the Gallery and in the Museum's main building all day. The dramatic new Space Gallery will be the future home of the NASA space shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer and entirely new exhibits devoted to the history and future of human space flight. The building opens with displays previewing the attractions that will fill the Gallery beginning in summer 2012.   

All events are free with admission to the Museum. And as a holiday treat, the Museum is partnering with the Northwest Harvest food bank to offer half-price admission to Museum visitors who bring a non-perishable food item to the Museum on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Dec. 10 Schedule of Events:

In the Museum Main Building

• 10 a.m. - Film Documentary: "Can We Make It to Mars?"  
• 12 p.m. - Amazing Skies Theater presents A Salute to the USO - A History of Service
• 3 p.m. - Film Documentaries: "Black Sky: The Race for Space" and "Winning the X Prize"
• 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. - Bank of America Weekend Family Workshop: Airships

In the Space Gallery

• 10 a.m. - Gallery opens.
• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Family Program: Flying Strawcers
• 11 a.m. - Planetarium Show
• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Family Program: Robot Garage
• 1 p.m. - Planetarium Show
• 2 p.m. - Presentation and lecture: "The Last Shuttle Project - How to Document an America Icon," with photographer Dennis Biela
• 3:30 p.m. - Planetarium Show
• 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. - Family Program: Robot Garage

The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors 65 and older, $13 for active military, $9 for youth 5 to 17, and free for children under 5. Group rates are available. Admission on the first Thursday of the month is free from 5 to 9 p.m. courtesy of Wells Fargo. For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org