Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-013
National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department
Exhibition Records, circa 1965-2015
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the design and update of galleries and exhibitions for the National Air and Space Museum as well as the design or redesign on the building itself and its office spaces. A small number of drawings document design projects at the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as the "Castle"), and the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include plans, elevations, sketches, graphics, architectural drawings, schematics, and related materials.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2031. Some drawings of infrastructure may be restricted longer. Transferring office; 11/2/2016 memorandum, Wright to Mowry; 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
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of History and Technology
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Hall of Air Transportation
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Albert Einstein Planetarium
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Albert Einstein Spacearium
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery
- Milestones of Flight (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- America by Air (Exhibition) (2007- : Washington, D.C.)
- Jet Aviation (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Looking at Earth (Exhibition) (1986- : Washington, D.C.)
- Explore the Universe (Exhibition) (2001- : Washington, D.C.)
- Sea-Air Operations (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- World War II Aviation (Exhibition) (1976- : Washington, D.C.)
- Where Next, Columbus? (Exhibition) (1992-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- World War I Fighters (Exhibition) (1972 : Washington, D.C.)
- Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age (Exhibition) (2003- : Washington, D.C.)
- Time and Navigation (Exhibition) (2013- : Washington, D.C.)
- The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II (Proposed exhibition)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-013, National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department, Exhibition Records