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TOS Enterprise to be restored, and put in new display at Smithsonian!

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Not an April Fool's Joke.

I'm delighted to announce that the original NCC-1701 is getting a restoration and a new display at the Smithsonian - Air and Space. The details are in the following press release.

National Air and Space Museum Receives $30 Million from Boeing | National Air and Space Museum


The details of the restoration are still being worked out. This announcement is the culmination of a lot of work "behind the scenes" and is a real cause for celebration!


Adam
 
Good to hear Adam, thanks for the news! It will be nice to see her looking the way she did on the original show again.
 
I've been in contact this morning with Alison Mitchell of the Smithsonian's NASM.
Boeing's $30 Mil donation covers the new displays and restored wing, but The Enterprise is NOT herself slated for restoration but only to be moved to a new display.
I introduced myself and my group's mission (which includes Doug Drexler, Mike and Denise Okuda, Steve Neill, John Eaves, Andy Probert, Rick Sternbach, Hank Zimmerman, Ronald Moore, and others) and received an incredibly enthusiastic response! She was unaware of the model's current physical state, and was equally excited about the public relations benefits of placing an Enterprise back on display that had just been restored by "THE" Star Trek Art Department.
 
Thanks for the update John. I was wondering if your effort was involved in this. So are they going to look into restoring her now?
 
Thank you Adam for the update and the "behind the scenes" work that I'm sure you were heavily involved in. Looking forward to hearing details on the renovation plans
 
Indeed, among the things the museum liked most during out convo this morning was that we presented a united front, and most importantly that we ONLY wish to stabilize the structure of the ship, and restore her to her last filmed appearance. That although we have a support team in place the ONLY people who will carry out the physical restoration of the miniature will be members of the surviving Star Trek Art Department. No one else. She LOVED that and the story that would make for both the ship and the museum.
 
That is wonderful to hear! I know it's really early to hop, but do you have any plans for a making of book/website?
 
There are all kinds of plans, none of which I can discuss at this point (and especially not without Doug and Steve's OK for me to do so).

John
 
Let the "That's not how it looked!" games begin! :lol

I was there a few days after they uncrated her and besides being in horrible shape the paintjob did not look as it appeared on screen.

Like the 3rd season command Tunics what you see on screen is not neccessarily what you get in person.

Good new nevertheless though!!
 
John Cooley said:
...which includes Doug Drexler, Mike and Denise Okuda, Steve Neill, John Eaves, Andy Probert, Rick Sternbach, Hank Zimmerman, Ronald Moore, and others... "THE" Star Trek Art Department.
Click to expand...

You've got years of Trek experience there, actual starship designers, folks who worked on TOS-R... Only good things can come from this. :)
 
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