The First Moon Landing: A History in Artifacts
GW Undergraduate Series: Can't Get to DC Museums, Historical Sites and Political Institutions? We Will Bring Them to You!
Tue, 2 February, 2021
2:30pm
Details
Presenter: Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, Ph.D., Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Moderator: Dr. Rachel Riedner, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
The material legacy of the Apollo program is immense. Thousands of artifacts from rocket engines to spacesuits to the ephemera of life aboard a spacecraft are represented in the Smithsonian’s collections. In this presentation, Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, reassesses the history of the Moon landing through the most evocative objects of the Space Age.
How to Register
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