Accession 07-009

National Air and Space Museum. Office of Public Affairs

Photographs, 1976, 1991-1999, and undated

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of slides documenting events, exhibitions, and facilities associated with the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Subjects include the construction and opening of the NASM building on the Mall; planning for the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center; the 30th Anniversary video; the exhibitions GPS: A New Constellation, Arriba!: The History of Flight in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, Earth Today, Explore the Universe, How Things Fly, Korea: The U.S. Air Force's First Air War, and Legend, Memory, and the Great Air War; open houses at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility; lectures; ceremonies; and the movement of objects such as the Enola Gay. Materials include color transparency slides and occasional accompanying background information.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
• Enola Gay (Bomber)
• National Air and Space Museum Building (Washington, D.C.)
• National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility
• Explore the Universe (Exhibition)
• How Things Fly (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
• Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
• GPS: A New Constellation (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
• ¡Arriba!: The History of Flight in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
• Earth Today (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
• Korea: the U.S. Air Force's First Air War (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)

Subject

• Publicity
• Aeronautical museums
• Museum exhibits
• Lectures and lecturing
• Museum storage facilities
• Museums -- Collection management
• Museums -- Public relations

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Manuscripts
• Color transparencies

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-009, National Air and Space Museum. Office of Public Affairs, Photographs

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