Free Timed-Entry Passes for National Air and Space Museum Available Sept. 14

Eight New Galleries Will Open to the Public Oct. 14 

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will require free timed-entry passes for visiting the renovated and newly opened west wing of its building in Washington, D.C. The free passes will be available online starting Wednesday, Sept. 14. The museum will reopen approximately half of the building Friday, Oct. 14, which will include eight new and renovated exhibitions, the planetarium, museum store and Mars Café.  

An individual will be able to reserve up to six passes per day for a specific entry time. Each visitor must have a pass, regardless of age. To enter the museums, visitors can show their digital timed-entry pass on their mobile device or a copy of their time-entry pass printed at home. The link to reserve tickets will go live Sept. 14 at noon ET and can be accessed from the museum’s website. 

The museum will release individual passes for six-week periods at noon ET on the following dates: 

Release Date

Sept. 14, 2022

Oct. 28, 2022

Dec. 16, 2022

Jan. 27, 2023

Passes Available

Oct. 14 – Nov. 30, 2022

Dec. 1, 2022 – Jan. 14, 2023

Jan. 15 – Feb. 28, 2023

March 1 – April 14, 2023