Above and Beyond

One of the most interactive and inspiring exhibitions exploring flight ever to tour.

ABOVE AND BEYOND celebrates the power of innovation to make dreams take flight. This 5,000-square-foot traveling aerospace exhibition features: immersive simulations, interactive design challenges, iconic historical touchstones, visionary concepts for the future, and inspiring stories from game-changing innovators, past and present.

Design—and test-fly—your own supersonic jet. Pilot a drone into the eye of a hurricane to measure nature’s fury. Spread your wings and experience flight as a bird or a futuristic wing-flapping aircraft. Or take an elevator ride to the edge of space.

Packed with fun interactive challenges, vehicle concept models and prototypes, immersive media presentations, and inspiring stories, this large-scale exhibition invites you to experience what it takes to make the “impossible” possible. Explore ever more advanced aircraft and spacecraft that change our lives and transform our world. And join the epic journey into the sky and beyond!

Above and Beyond

One of the most interactive and inspiring exhibitions exploring flight ever to tour.

ABOVE AND BEYOND celebrates the power of innovation to make dreams take flight. This 5,000-square-foot traveling aerospace exhibition features: immersive simulations, interactive design challenges, iconic historical touchstones, visionary concepts for the future, and inspiring stories from game-changing innovators, past and present.

Design—and test-fly—your own supersonic jet. Pilot a drone into the eye of a hurricane to measure nature’s fury. Spread your wings and experience flight as a bird or a futuristic wing-flapping aircraft. Or take an elevator ride to the edge of space.

Packed with fun interactive challenges, vehicle concept models and prototypes, immersive media presentations, and inspiring stories, this large-scale exhibition invites you to experience what it takes to make the “impossible” possible. Explore ever more advanced aircraft and spacecraft that change our lives and transform our world. And join the epic journey into the sky and beyond!

Above and Beyond brings flight to life!

  • an expansive multitouch timeline
  • an immersive video experience
  • five interactive galleries: up, faster, farther, higher, and smarter
  • interactive simulations and design activities
  • stories about the people behind the advances in flight
  • a montage of dreamers and doers, who share their excitement for their jobs and the next century of flight
  • add your own dreams to a collaborative vision of flight 100 years from now

ABOVE AND BEYOND is designed to ignite a passion for humankind’s greatest adventure: our journey of flight in the air and space. In doing so, it honors past world-changing innovations in flight, while looking ahead to what’s next and demonstrating the impact of aerospace breakthroughs in our everyday lives. The exhibition also serves to inspire children and young adults to imagine future careers in aerospace and support educators in building STEM awareness and skills among K-12 students. ABOVE AND BEYOND creates an uplifting and memorable experience that encourages all visitors to aim high and push past the impossible limits in their lives.

The exhibition is presented by Boeing, in collaboration with NASA.

Exhibit Details:

Premiere Venue: The exhibition debuted at The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Exhibit Details:

  • Exhibit size: 5,000 square feet (also now available in 3,000 square feet)
  • Target Audience: families, students grades K-12 (with focus on grades 3-8, ages 7-14)
  • Available: Spring, Summer, Fall

Broad Audience:

  • Upper elementary and middle school children (ages 7 to 14) and their families
  • Young adults
  • K-8 educators
  • Adult museum goers without children
  • Aviation and space enthusiasts
  • Aerospace industry professionals and their families

National Corporate Partner:

Boeing

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A Critical Success:

Museum comments…

  • “Above and Beyond has successfully brought each one of these [STEM] subjects to life.” Singapore Science Centre
  • “…Very broad appeal – it is by no means just for aviation enthusiasts,” Smithsonian NASM
  • ”We have been inundated with positive comments about the exhibition, people LOVE IT!” Canada Aviation and Space Museum
  • “We seriously feel that tomorrow’s space explorers are in our exhibit now.”  Orlando Science Center

Visitor surveys…

  • 95% of visitors rated their experiences as ‘Superior,’ ‘Excellent,’ or ‘Good’
  • 80% rated their likelihood of recommending as 8, 9 or 10 (1-10 scale)
  • 88% of the follow-up survey respondents said that they had recommended it 

Media bites…

  • “Children will have so much fun” ★★★★★ Londonist
  • “A ground-breaking immersive exhibition” Evening Standard
  • “Experience a moment of child-like wonder” Time Out

Exhibition Video

Current/Upcoming Venues:

Whitaker Center
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 7, 2025 – May 25, 2025

Greensboro Science Center
Greensboro, North Carolina
May 25, 2025 – September 1, 2025

Sampling of Prior Host Venues:

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK (London)
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, California
US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Singapore Science Centre, Singapore
Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas
Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong
New York Hall of Science, New York City, New York
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario
San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, California

To learn more about Above and Beyond:

U.S./North American Sales

Christi Klingelhefer
210.582.0015
christi@evergreenexhibitions.com

International Sales

Antonia Spanos
+44 (0) 7966 139 867
antonia@exhibitionsagency.com