Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 09-301
National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Division
Exhibition Records, 1972-2006
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the design of new exhibitions for display at the National Air and Space Museum as well as updates to existing exhibitions. The majority of the records were created and maintained by William Jacobs, Exhibits Designer. Exhibitions documented in this accession include Where Next, Columbus?; Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II (proposed), Dream to Fly: Black Aviators and American Identity (proposed); Space Race; Air Transportation; Vertical Flight; Air Traffic Control; Business Wings; Flight Testing; How Things Fly; Looking at Earth; Explore the Universe; Rocketry and Spaceflight; Sea-Air Operations; and Exploring the Planets. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, budgets, conceptual sketches, scripts, installation images, images to be used in exhibitions, contracts, floor plans, elevations, brochures, meeting minutes, notes, clippings, and related materials.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 9/29/2009 memorandum, Wright to Brennan; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Air Traffic Control (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Air Transportation (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Business Wings (Exhibition) (1998-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Dream to Fly: Black Aviators and American Identity (Proposed exhibition)
- Explore the Universe (Exhibition)
- Exploring the Planets (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Flight Testing (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- How Things Fly (Exhibition) (1996 - : Washington, D.C.)
- Jet Aviation (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II (Proposed exhibition)
- Living and Working in Space (Proposed exhibition)
- Looking at Earth (Exhibition) (1986- : Washington, D.C.)
- Rocketry and Spaceflight (Exhibition) (1979-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Sea-Air Operations (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Space Race (Exhibition) (1997- : Washington, D.C.)
- Vertical Flight (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Where Next, Columbus? (Exhibition) (1992-2002: Washington, D.C.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-301, National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Division, Exhibition Records