Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

About Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is an annex of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum located at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, which houses much of the museum's collection of aircraft, spacecraft, and rockets, which are too large to be displayed at the main facility on the National Mall. The large hangar contains some of the most iconic artifacts in aviation history, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, the Enola Gay, and the Boeing 367-80, as well as examples of the SR-71 Blackbird and Concorde.

The 760,000-square-foot (71,000 m2; 17-acre; 7.1 ha) facility was made possible by a $65 million donation in October 1999 to the Smithsonian Institution by Steven F. Udvar-Házy, an immigrant from Hungary and co-founder of the International Lease Finance Corporation, an aircraft leasing corporation.

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Opened
2003
Annual visitors
1.6M
in 2015

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  1. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Sully Square01Sully SquareUnknown photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center interior view02Interior viewAPK · CC BY 4.0
  3. Jeppson Tibbets Van Kirk03Jeppson Tibbets Van KirkUnknown photographer · Public domain
  4. US Navy 040506-N-0057D-006 Lt. Cmdr. Chris Cassidy, right, signs an autograph for Ms. Bianca Baker from Portsmouth, Va04US Navy -N-0057D- Lt. Cmdr. Chris Cassidy, right, signs an autograph for Ms. Bianca Baker from Portsmouth, VaU.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Tim Duckworth. · Public domain
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