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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum @ The Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center

VAUnited StatesChantilly, VA

VENU+Active4 machines

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The Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum at the National Mall. The Building opened in December 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of Aviation and Space Artifacts that cannot be exhibited at the National Mall. The 2 Sites together showcase the largest collection of Aviation and Space Artifacts in the World.
The Udar Hazy Center is South of the Main Terminal at Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia, near the intersection of Routes 28 and 50.

Parking is $15.

All four machines cost $1 for each press on a pre-loaded zinc penny and take card/ApplePay.

Machine 1: across from the IMAX show ticket counter. Right of museum entrance.
1) P-38 Lockheed Lightning,
2) Shuttle Enterprise 747 SCA,
3) Astronaut Maneuvering Unit,
4) Apollo 11 Recovery.

Machine 2: across from the IMAX show ticket counter. Right of museum entrance.
1) Remote Control Hellfire,
2) SR 71,
3) Tracking Data Relay Satellite System,
4) Concorde Supersonic Jet.

Machine 3: outside of the gift shop entrance (not the exit). Left of museum entrance.
1) Aeronca C-2,
2) Gemini Paraglider,
3) Grumman Gulfhawk,
4) Cessna 150.

Machine 4: across from the IMAX show ticket counter. Right of museum entrance.
1) Boeing 307 Stratoliner Airplane,
2) B-29 Superfortress,
3) Junkers CASA 52L,
4) Vought OS2U Kingfisher.

Penny Book sold in gift shop for $6.

7/10/23: All four machines cost $1 for each press on a pre-loaded zinc penny and take card/ApplePay.

As of 5/14/24: machine3 by Gift Shop is out of service.

7/7/26: Machines 1-2 are Out of Service. Machines 3-4 are operational. Penny Collector Books are discontinued by the Smithsonian.

Machines and designs

4 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 1 - outside the gift shop as of 7/14/234Penny
Machine 2 - across from the IMAX show ticket counter4Penny
Machine 3 - outside of the gift shop4Penny
Machine 4 - across from the IMAX show ticket counter4Penny

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