space museum

Rocket display venue

A space museum is a museum dedicated to space exploration, astronomy, and aerospace technology.

Exhibits typically include spacecraft, rockets, spacesuits, and artifacts from missions: The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum draws millions of visitors annually.

Many feature planetariums and interactive displays about the solar system and human spaceflight.

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moon · shuttle · stars · cosmos · Apollo · moon landing · lunar module · artifacts · capsule · rocket ship · telescope · Smithsonian · gallery · exploration · satellite · orbit · discovery · aviation

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space museumnatural history museum

Institution exhibiting nature's specimens

maritime museum · folk museum · art museum · history museum · planetarium

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space museumplanetarium

Projected sky exhibit hall

observatory · mission control

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space, museum, spaces, spaced, spacing, spacer, spacious, spaciousness, spatial

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G