Publications
This accession consists of publications created or maintained by the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Education Division, and its predecessor units, the Education Unit of the Exhibits and Public Services Department, circa 1998-2003; the Educational Services Division, circa 1996-1998; the Office of Education, circa 1986-1996; the Education Division, circa 1983-1985; and the Education …
Exhibition Records
This accession documents the planning and opening of the exhibition Flying Tigers: A Selection of Paintings of Members of the American Volunteer Group by Raymond P. R. Nielson, N. A. at the Arts and Industries Building. Materials include scripts, text panels, correspondence, memoranda, and photographs from the opening ceremony.
Washington, DC, Aerial Photography Collection
This collection consists of 45 black and white photographs, mostly 6.5 by 8.5 inches or 9 by 11 inches. Most of the photographs are aerial shots of the Washington, DC, area from 1922, including the following sites: Washington Monument (with aircraft exhibited about base); White House; Lincoln Memorial; United States Capitol; Union Station; Mount Vernon; Arlington …
Website Records
This accession consists of the National Air and Space Museum website and mobile website as they existed on April 22, 2013. The website includes information about visiting the museum's facilities, special events, exhibitions, collections, staff, donations, and membership as well as educational resources, histories of various aspects of the museum, press releases …
Records
These records consist of correspondence between Secretary Robert McC. Adams and various leaders of the United States Congress on matters such as funding for the establishment of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the repatriation of Native American Indian artifacts at the National Mall, acquisition of the United …
Exhibition Flight Collection
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
bulk 1911-1940
1.04 Linear feet
This collection consists of the research material used by curators Robert Mikesh and Claudia Oakes to prepare Exhibition Flight (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1973), a companion volume to the Exhibition Flight exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Joanne M. Gernstein London, Curator, documenting the planning and development of exhibitions. Exhibitions documented in this accession include World War I Aviation; Dream to Fly; and Where Next, Columbus? as well as the traveling exhibition, Looping the Loop: Posters of Early …
Paul Edward Garber Oral History Interviews
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of a central set of scripts for new exhibitions, revisions to existing exhibitions, and proposed exhibitions at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Some records document NASM exhibits at the Arts and Industries building before the museum had its own building as well as exhibits at …
Website Records
This accession consists of three websites maintained by the National Air and Space Museum. The "How Things Fly" website, crawled June 1, 2012, explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly. It is a companion website to the physical exhibition of the same name. The "Become a Pilot Family …
