The National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, is part of the Smithsonian, the largest museum and research complex in the world. Its present home opened in 1976 on the National Mall. Along with the Smithsonian's 18 other museums and galleries, research centers, the National Zoo and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world, the Air & Space Museum gets funding from the US Government, endowments, contributions (like mine), and retail profits. Among the permanent exhibits are the Spirit of St. Louis and the Apollo 11 command module. If you've never touched a lunar rock and don't have the money nor expertise to go to the moon, you can touch one at the museum.
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