Program areas at Museum of Flight
The Museum of Flight in seattle, wa, one of the world's largest private nonprofit air and space museums, hosted more than 369,000 visitors in 2022 while being open for 363 days. The Museum had 161 full-time employees in 2022, and 482 active volunteers who contributed 64,586 hours through tours, guest lectures and guest interactions. In working toward the vision of being the "foremost educational air and space Museum in the world," the Museum served over 36,000 students with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) disciplines. The Museum also provided over $315,000 in financial aid and scholarships. The Museum is a smithsonian affiliate and is also accredited by the american alliance of museums. With a mission to "acquire, preserve and exhibit historically significant air and space artifacts, which provide a Foundation for scholarly research, and lifelong learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of science, technology and the humanities" the Museum displays over 175 air- and spacecraft, along with artifacts showcasing aerospace history. In addition to the many permanent exhibits covering the breadth of aerospace history, the Museum provides several temporary exhibits each year on a wide range of subjects. In addition to the aircraft on view, the Museum maintains the largest aeronautical library and archives open to the public on the west coast. Our world-class collection is made possible by wonderful contributions from our community and 2022 was no exception. In 2022, the Museum accessioned 2,305 donations into our collection. These included 56 new objects, 76 new photographs and/or papers, and 2,173 additions to the harl v. brackin memorial library. Additionally, the research center received and fulfilled over 646 research requests and hosted 323 visitors. The Museum's educational programs support both state and national standards, Washington state science learning standards and common core state standards. The Museum's educator professional development programs are certified to provide clock hour credits for teachers. The Museum offered more than 20 programs and include the american camp association accredited aerospace camp experience (ace) summer camp, the nationally acclaimed challenger learning center (clc), the museum-designed aviation learning center (alc), and a wide range of distance learning programs. The Museum also hosts the Washington aerospace scholars (was), a competitive, collaborative program with nasa is privately funded and intended to keep the nation at the forefront of technical competitiveness. Additionally, the Museum's campus is home to raisbeck aviation high school, part of the highline school district with 400 students and a stem-based curriculum.