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U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Museum
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/

Excerpt: 

At the U. S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, we have the greatest collection of rockets and space memorabilia anywhere. Click on the objects on our site map above to read about some of our exhibits and archives. Some of this information you can only learn about here on our Web site!

Annotation: 

Mainly an informational site for the museum, with downloadable museum guides and other materials.

Museum of Broadcast Communications

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Exhibit
  • Images
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.mbcnet.org/

Excerpt: 

The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) is one of only three broadcast museums in America. It opened to the public on June 13, 1987, after five years of development, led by Chicago broadcaster Bruce DuMont. The MBC will move from its current home in the Chicago Cultural Center into its new home at State & Kinzie Street in downtown Chicago, which will open in 2005.

Annotation: 

Lots of goodies. Popular culture through sights and sounds of radio and TV.

Enola Gay Exhibition

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Museum
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal103/gal103.html

Author: 
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Excerpt: 

The Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima, went on display June 28, 1995 at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The display commemorates the end of World War II,

Annotation: 

Documents the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's exhibit of the Enola Gay which ran from June 28, 1995 to May 18, 1998. Includes a narrative describing the contents of the exhibit and the history behind its creation. The site also features QuickTime Virtual Reality movies of the cockpit and the fuselage, as well as crew lists, a photo gallery and B-29 specifications. Links are provided to other Air and Space sites including some concerning the B-29.

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