Balloon — Immersive and Interpretive Exhibition Design

"It's a Little Chilly"

Live for months on arctic ice

Controller

Learn how to steer a balloon

Load the Gear

Outfit your gondola with scientific equipment

Let's Go Places

Enter the Age of Discovery

Master Plans

Have a grand vision

Head North Till You Start Going South

Plan a trip to the North Pole

The Crew

Meet the travelers

Anderson/Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum • Arctic Air

The Anderson/ Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum was created to explore the history, science, and technology of ballooning and lighter-than-air aviation.

Arctic Air tells the story of Swedish explorer S. A. Andrée’s attempt to fly a balloon to the North Pole. The exhibit, opened in 2016 as part of the Museum’s ten year anniversary celebration, explores the technologies developed for the expedition, the flight and eventual crash of the balloon, and the fate of the three member crew.