Prince Charles Visits NASM

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Summary

His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, visits the National Air and Space Museum and is given a guided tour by Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NASM Executive Officer Walter J. Boyne. The Prince's visit necessitated the closing of the second floor of the Museum.

Subject

  • Charles Prince of Wales 1948-
  • Boyne, Walter J. 1929-
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1981. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, p. 351.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," June 1981, p. 4.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

May 1, 1981

Topic

  • Visits of state
  • Dignitaries

Place

Great Britain

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