This decision has been met with considerable opposition. An example is the public display of Enola Gay, the bomber who dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wiping out mass populations. Genre/Form Clippings Manuscripts Floppy disks Drawings Brochures Black-and-white photographs Electronic records Creator: National Air and Space Museum Date circa 1988-1995 Creator: National Air and Space Museum Topic Aeronautical museums Museum exhibits World War, 1939-1945 Atomic bomb Extent 15 cu. 2 Enola Gay Exhibition The Smithsonian Air & Space wanted to focus on becoming a public conscience in that it would discuss topics that evoked a public debate. A partially restored Enola Gay, the plane that. Comment cards completed by visitors to the exhibition can be found in Accessionĩ6-036. In April of 1995, I visited the National Air and Space Museum in Washingotn, D.C. Some photographs and exhibition drawings are also included. There is a great deal of correspondence with This is followed by a presentation of the history of the case. First, a conceptual framework is developed in which to filter process and substantive issues. Also includedĪre many scripts under the original title of the exhibition, The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the end of World War II. Enola Gay Exhibit, First Draft - Final Draft. How the Enola Gay exhibit was transformed from what was anticipated by many to be a world class presentation to its present state is the focus of this paper. Of the Director of the Museum, Martin Harwit the Department of Aeronautics the curator, Michael Neufeld and the Exhibit Project Coordinator, Victor Govier. The fate of this exhibition has been the subject of at least.
After World War II ended, Paul Tibbets flew the Enola Gay to Roswell. Object Details See more items in Enola Gay Exhibition Records Identifier Accession 96-140 Descriptive Entry This accession consists of a collection of files documenting the Enola Gay exhibition and aspects of the controversy which followed. These debates are exemplified in the ill-fated Enola Gay exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution. The war between the Smithsonian and the Air Force had its roots back in 1949.