The Museum of Flight
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Summary
The Museum of Flight is an aviation museum[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aviation museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: nonprofit organization[5]
- Headquarters location: Seattle[6]
- Location: Boeing Field[7]
- Commons category: Museum of Flight, Seattle[8]
- Has part(s): Archives at The Museum of Flight[9], Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library[10]
- Inception: January 1, 1965[11]
- Official website: http://www.museumofflight.org/[12]
- Visitors per year: 400,000[13]
- Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[14]
- Total revenue: 43,425,345 US dollars[15], 28,399,588 US dollars[16], 23,947,628 US dollars[17], 27,442,154 US dollars[18], 43,389,189 US dollars[19], 40,753,721 US dollars[20], 65,311,789 US dollars[21], 13,442,972 US dollars[22], 22,089,124 US dollars[23], 24,039,746 US dollars[24], 115,590,731 US dollars[25], 43,258,911 US dollars[26], 18,574,103 US dollars[27]
- Total assets: 327,677,803 US dollars[28], 316,961,475 US dollars[29], 372,294,422 US dollars[30], 127,869,405 US dollars[31], 135,546,139 US dollars[32], 143,009,134 US dollars[33], 241,019,936 US dollars[34], 260,014,065 US dollars[35], 281,288,168 US dollars[36], 284,091,994 US dollars[37], 280,986,232 US dollars[38], 285,677,859 US dollars[39], 291,953,383 US dollars[40]
- Accredited by: American Alliance of Museums[41]
- Donations: 6,255,967 US dollars[42], 31,785,087 US dollars[43], 32,524,546 US dollars[44], 49,133,082 US dollars[45], 5,961,746 US dollars[46], 14,704,899 US dollars[47], 15,567,610 US dollars[48], 106,482,322 US dollars[49], 33,880,992 US dollars[50], 31,067,905 US dollars[51], 10,838,635 US dollars[52], 9,319,322 US dollars[53], 14,145,550 US dollars[54]
- Social media followers: 21,162[55], 20,670[56], 22,712[57], 24,896[58]
Why It Matters
The Museum of Flight has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]