SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight has launched The Museum of Flight at Home, a new website that offers “the full range of the museum experience for everyone from families and students to aviation and space fans,” according to officials.
The site features the best of the museum’s videos, virtual tours, blogs and collections, plus new ways to explore one of Seattle’s top tourist attractions, officials add.
3D tours in the Virtual Museum Online allow visitors to explore the museum’s top 12 aircraft, including favorites like Air Force One, Concorde, B-17, and the Space Shuttle Trainer. For the bigger picture, photos and information about every plane and spacecraft in the Museum’s renowned collection are also on view.
New videos are being produced every week, including new stories with Matthew Burchette, the museum’s senior curator and host of the popular PBS video series, Behind the Wings. Now enjoy him in Curator on the Loose!, new short-form videos and Facebook Live events showing off the museum’s coolest planes and spacecraft in his distinctive footloose style.
The museum’s digital collections reveals a vast aerospace photo and print media archive. Search and browse some truly remarkable historic photographs, letters, journals, flight logs, military records, oral histories and other media that can’t be seen anywhere else.
The museum’s on-staff educators have developed at-home family and student activities that are fun and focused for all grade levels. Dozens of activities are now available on-line, including new contests and challenges, with more in the pipeline, museum officials promise.