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Photograph a work in the National Air and Space Museum and Lensmark tells you who made it, when, and why it matters, with every fact linked to its source.

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National Air and Space Museum

Washington, DC, United States

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Take a photo and read the work's sourced story

Illustrative photo demo

Illustrative collection

  1. Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
  2. Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
  3. Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
  4. Your National Air and Space Museum walk saves itself. Just take pictures. Each work is kept with its sourced history, grouped by day.

The illustrative demo shows a rights-cleared detail of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam; the collection list shows landmarks from the standard Lensmark demo. These images do not show National Air and Space Museum works or grant permission to photograph them.

What the National Air and Space Museum collection covers

The National Air and Space Museum collects art about aviation and spaceflight, including murals, paintings, photographs, sculpture and textiles. Its artists explore subjects from cloud formations to aircraft in flight. Flight and the Arts

This page covers the National Mall museum in Washington, DC. The examples below are institution-level collection records, not a claim that all three works are installed in this building.

Its collection strengths include Aviation and spaceflight painting, Aerospace murals and illustration, Aviation photography, and Aerospace-themed sculpture and textiles.

  • Weather Mural

    Eric Sloane

    Date
    1976

    Sloane painted different cloud formations to explain the weather they produce. The Smithsonian records this mural as A19780168000, made by contract with the artist.

    Read the museum record

  • Jet Aviation Mural

    Keith Ferris

    Date
    1981

    Ferris shows different aircraft flying in formation above a layer of clouds. The mural measures 20 by 75 feet and entered the collection as a gift from the artist.

    Read the museum record

  • Practice Day SFO

    Lise Lemeland

    Date
    2009

    Lemeland made this oil painting on canvas in 2009. The Smithsonian records it as A20110020000, a gift from the artist.

    Read the museum record

These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.

Check the photography rules first

The National Air and Space Museum permits personal photography on a phone or camera, subject to posted object or exhibition exceptions; still and video photography must be noncommercial, and selfie sticks, tripods, monopods and similar devices are prohibited. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. National Air and Space Museum photography policy

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