Subject:

Enola Gay (Bomber)  Search this

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Enola Gay (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 6.55w x 10h ; Type of Image: Object; Exhibit; Interior ; Medium: Photographic Print

Type:

Object

Interior

Exhibit

Place:

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)

Japan

Date:

c. 1995

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

The Enola Gay plane on display at the National Air and Space Museum. The Enola Gay exhibit is about the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War Two. The plane was acquired by the Smithsonian in 1949. The exhibit was received with a lot of controversy.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

B-29 bomber  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Controversies  Search this

Standard number:

95-4624

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12856