Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 18-154
National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space History
Exhibition Records, 1981-1989, 1992
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Curator Allan A. Needell documenting the planning and execution of the exhibition "Twenty-five Years of Space Exploration" and the associated symposium. The exhibition ran from 1982 through 1983 at the National Air and Space Museum and was then transformed into a traveling exhibition for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, scripts, object lists, press releases, clippings, manuscripts, transcripts, and related materials. Prior to 1987, the unit was known as the Department of Space Science and Exploration.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Needell, Allan A.
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Department of Space Science and Exploration
- Twenty-five Years of Space Exploration (Exhibition) (1982-1983: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Museum exhibits
- Traveling exhibitions
- Aeronautical museums
- Astronautical museums
- Congresses and conventions
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-154, National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space History, Exhibition Records