50 Years: Origins
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50 Years: Origins
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The National Air and Space Museum’s building in downtown Washington DC just turned 50 years old, but the Museum’s story began long before the ribbon-cutting in 1976. In this episode, we’re continuing our four-part limited series “50 Years of Air + Space” by going back in time for the Museum’s origin story. We’ll explore early aerospace connections and artifacts at the Smithsonian and the interesting places they were displayed before a permanent home came together. We’ll also learn when and why “and Space” was added to our name, how competing visions of the Museum shaped what it became, and who worked to help bring it into reality.
Thanks to our guests in this episode:
- Dr. Mike Neufeld, Emeritus Curator and Smithsonian Historian
- Dr. Jieun Shin, Professor and Researcher, Sejong University
- Dr. Tom Crouch, Emeritus Curator
Find the transcript for this episode and more information at https://s.si.edu/50YearsEp2.
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