Opening of the New National Air and Space Museum

ID: SIA2009-0986 and 76-8408-15

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: July 1, 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 1976

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Summary

President Gerald Ford, and Michael Collins, Director of the National Air and Space Museum and former astronaut, watch the Viking impulse cut the ribbon at opening ceremony for the new building, 1 July 1976.

Subject

  • Ford, Gerald R. 7/14/1913-12/26/2006
  • Collins, Michael 1930-
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • United States President

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, No 76-7, August 1976. See also negative number 76-13966-12a

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 1976

Contact information

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

Date

July 1, 1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Openings
  • Secretaries
  • New Museums
  • Museums
  • Astronautics
  • Event
  • Museum directors
  • Astronauts
  • Ceremonies

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event
  • Exterior

ID Number

SIA2009-0986 and 76-8408-15

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Exterior Medium: Photographic print

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