Interior View of Aircraft Storage Area at Silver Hill Facility

Summary

Airplanes on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Silver Hill facility, now known as the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility.

Subject

• National Air and Space Museum
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
• National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Silver Hill Facility

Notes

• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in the "Torch," January 1977: "January 11 will not be a day of speeches, ribbon cuttings, press conferences, and other activities usually associated with museum openings even though it's the day the National Air and Space Museum will open its new facility, the Silver Hill Museum in Suitland...Under the direction of Donald Merchant, the new Museum will display a collection of 66 aircraft and about 30 space artifacts."

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: January 1977, Image No. 76-16672

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1976
• November 10, 1976

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

Museum storage facilities

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [76-16672]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

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