Suitland, MD Land Acquired for NAM

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Summary

The National Air Museum (which occupies a temporary storage facility at Park Ridge, Illinois) acquires land near Suitland, Maryland, where a prefabricated building will be erected. This will be developed into the Paul E. Garber Facility.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1952, p. 11

Contact information

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

Date

1952

Topic

  • Museum storage facilities
  • Architecture
  • Aeronautics
  • Facilities and Grounds
  • Silver Hill Facility (Maryland)
  • Buildings

Place

Suitland (Md.)

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