The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum has been accepted into Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Programs.The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum has been accepted into Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Programs. Since the program was established in 1997 more than 90 cultural institutions have joined. Affiliate organizations must have goals compatible with the Smithsonian's mission and they must maintain the high standards of superiority that are part of the Smithsonian's exhibit and museum education programs. As an affiliate, the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum will retain its concede identity, staff and governance as a private, non-profit institution and will receive no financial support from the Smithsonian. What it will receive is access to the more than 142 million aims in the Smithsonian's collections, from spacecraft to American cultural artifacts to fine art. The program provides a greater public access to the Smithsonian's collections and allows the affiliating organizations to incorporate Smithsonian collections into a variety of exhibition, educational, and/or research programs. In January, Kalamazoo received sum of two units sizable artifacts from the Smithsonian. The first is the National Air and Space Museum's Curtiss XP-- 55 Ascender. The aircraft, united of three built, is the individual survivor of a unique program designed to inspire aircraft manufacturers to bring out entirely new designs. The inferior artifact is the NASM El Kabong I. This capsule from NASA's devise Gemini was used for globule tests involving the Para-Sail landing method which was never adopted for actual Gemini flights. the one and the other artifacts will be restored to museum quality condition by way of the staff and volunteers of the museum in a less degree than the guidance of the Smithsonian. Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. Apr 2002 |
| Home |
