List of Apollo lunar sample displays

This is a list of lunar sample displays from the Apollo program that were distributed through the United States and around the world. They include samples from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions conducted by NASA in 1969 and 1972.

Apollo 17 Goodwill message

The Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the Moon returned a few dozen pounds/kilos of lunar material (mainly rock and dust), and the US put about 0.05 grams in small display cases and gave one apiece to the 50 U.S. states, to the nations of the world, and to political entities like the U.S. territories under administration.[1] This was done again with an Apollo 17 sample (Lunar basalt 70017).[1] There are a few samples from Apollo 15 on display.

United States
Listing
GifteeApollo 11Apollo 17Apollo 15
AlabamaAlabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery[2]
AlaskaAlaska State Museum, Juneau[2][3]
American SamoaJean P. Haydon Museum, Pago Pago[3]-
ArizonaArizona Historical Society, Tucson[3]University of Arizona Mineral Museum, Tucson[2]
ArkansasArkansas Museum of Discovery, Little Rock[4]
CaliforniaSan Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego[4]
ColoradoColorado State Capitol[3]Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Golden[2]
ConnecticutMuseum of Connecticut History, Hartford[2][3]
DelawareUnknown - stolen in 1977[3]Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs[2]
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Office of Public Records[3] -
FloridaMuseum of Florida History, Tallahassee[2][3]
GeorgiaGeorgia State Capitol, Atlanta[3]Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta[2]Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville[5]
GuamGuam Museum, Hagatna[3]-
HawaiiHawaii State Archives[6]
IdahoIdaho State Historical Society, Boise[2][3]
IllinoisIllinois State Museum, Springfield[2][3]
IndianaIndiana State Museum, Indianapolis[2][3]
IowaState Historical Museum, Des Moines[2][3]
KansasKansas Museum of History, Topeka[2][3]Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Lawrence[2]
KentuckyKentucky Historical Society, Frankfort[2][3]
Louisiana Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge[7]Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans[8]
MaineMaine State Museum, Augusta[2][3]
MarylandMaryland State Archives, Annapolis[2][3]
MassachusettsMuseum of Science, Boston[2][3]
MichiganMichigan Historical Museum, Lansing[3]Unknown - missing since 1972[9]Calvin University, Grand Rapids[10]
MinnesotaMinnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul[2][3]
MississippiDepartment of Archives and History, Jackson[2][3]
MissouriMissouri State Museum, Jefferson City[2][3]
MontanaMontana Historical Society, Helena[2][3]
NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln[2][3]
NevadaNevada State Museum, Carson City[2][3]
New HampshireMcAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord[2][3][11]
New JerseyNew Jersey State Museum, Trenton[3]Unknown - missing since 1976[12][13]
New MexicoPalace of Governors, Santa Fe[3]Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell[2]
New YorkUnknown[12]New York State Museum, Albany[14]
North CarolinaNorth Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh[15]North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh[15][16][17]
North DakotaState Historical Society, Bismarck[2][3]
OhioOhio History Center, Columbus[3]
OklahomaOklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City[2][3]
OregonOregon State Capitol, Salem[3]Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland[2]
PennsylvaniaState Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg[2][3]
Puerto RicoLa Fortaleza, San Juan[3]-
Rhode Island State Library, Providence[3] State Archives, Providence[2]
South Carolina South Carolina State Museum, Columbia[3]
South Dakota South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre[3] W.H. Over Museum, Vermillion[2]
Tennessee Tennessee State Museum, Nashville[3] Pink Palace Museum, Memphis[2]
Texas Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock[3] Texas State History Museum, Austin[2]
UtahClark Planetarium, Salt Lake City[3]Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City[2]
VermontVermont Historical Society, Barre[2][3]
Virginia Library of Virginia, Richmond[3] Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond[2]
WashingtonWashington State Historical Society, Tacoma[2][3]
West VirginiaWest Virginia State Museum, Charleston[3][2]
WisconsinWisconsin Historical Museum, Madison[3][2]
WyomingWyoming State Capitol, Cheyenne[3]Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne[2]

International

The display cases included a lunar sample and small flag of the respective political entity that had been to the Moon and back. Approximately 135 displays were gifted to nations of the world at that time, so nations created since then are not included and some displays have been inherited from past nations

Listing
GifteeApollo 11Apollo 17Apollo 15
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
ArgentinaGalileo Galilei planetarium, Buenos Aires[3]
AustraliaNational Archives of Australia, Canberra[3]National Museum of Australia, Canberra[2]
AustriaTechnisches Museum Wien, Vienna[3]Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna[2]
BangladeshBangabandhu Military Museum[18]
Barbados
BelgiumRoyal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels
Bhutan
BoliviaPlanetario Max Schreier, La Paz[2]
Botswana
BrazilUnknown[4]Bagé
BulgariaNational Museum of Natural History, Sofia[2]
Burma National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon)
Burundi
Cameroon
CanadaUnknown[4]Canada Science and Technology Museum
CambodiaNational Museum of Cambodia[19]
Central African Republic
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Colombo
Chad
ChileEduardo Frei Montalva's Historic House Museum, Santiago[3]Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago[2]
ChinaUnknownBeijing Planetarium, Beijing[fn 1]
ColombiaBogotá Planetarium, Bogotá[2][3]
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Costa RicaMuseo Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose[2][3]
Cuba
Cyprus
CzechoslovakiaVojenský historický ústav, Prague[3][23]
Dahomey
DenmarkNatural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen[2][3]
Dominican RepublicMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo[2][3]
Ecuador
EgyptEgyptian Geological Museum, Cairo[24]
El SalvadorMUNA, Zona Rosa[2]
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
FinlandUrho Kekkonen Museum Tamminiemi, Helsinki[3]GTK, Otaniemi[2]
FranceMuséum d'histoire naturelle, Nantes[2]Palais de la Découverte, Paris[2]
Gabon
Gambia
GermanyNaturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt[3]Deutsches Museum, Munich[2]Technik Museum, Speyer[25]
Ghana
Greece
GuatemalaMinistry of Culture and Sport, Guatemala City[3]
GuyanaNational Museum of Guyana, Georgetown[2]
Haiti
HondurasUnknown[4]Tegucigalpa
HungaryMagyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest[2][3]
IcelandThe Exploration Museum, Húsavík
IndiaParliament Museum, New Delhi[2]
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
IrelandDunsink[fn 2]National Museum of Ireland
IsraelIsrael State Archives, Jerusalem[27][28]Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (presumed)[28]
ItalyMuseo Nazionale Della Scienza E Della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan[2]
Jamaica
JapanNational Museum, Tokyo[2][3]
Jordan
Kenya
KoreaNational Museum of Korea, Seoul[3]National Science Museum, Daejeon[2]
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
LiechtensteinSchatzkammer Liechtenstein, Vaduz[29]
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
MalaysiaNatural History Museum, Putrajaya[3]
Maldives
Mali
MaltaGozo Museum
Mauritania
MauritiusNational History Museum, Mahebourg
MexicoUniversum, Museo de las Ciencias, Mexico City[2][3]
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Muscat and Oman
Nauru
NepalNational Museum of Nepal, Kathmandu[2][3]
Netherlands (Dutch)National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine, Leiden[2][3]
New ZealandMuseum of New Zealand[2][3]
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
NorwayTrondheim Science MuseumNatural History Museum at the University of Oslo
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
PolandOlsztyńskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Olsztyn[2][3]
Portugal
RomaniaMuzeul Naţional de Istorie a României, Bucharest[3]
RwandaKandt House Museum of Natural History, Kigali[2]
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
SingaporeSingapore Science Centre[2][3]
Solomon IslandsNational Museum[2]
Somalia
South AfricaOld Parliament Bldg., Cape Town[3]Transvaal Museum, Pretoria[2]
Southern Yemen
Soviet UnionMemorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow[3]
SpainMuseo Naval, Madrid[2]
Sudan
Swaziland
SwedenNational Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm[2]
SwitzerlandSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich[3]Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne[2]
Syria
TaiwanNational Museum of Natural Science, Taichung[3]
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
TurkeyNatural History Museum, Ankara[2]
Uganda
United KingdomWaiting area, 10 Downing Street, London[30]Natural History Museum, London[31]
Upper Volta
UruguayBoiso Lanza Air Base[2][3]
Vatican CityVatican Museum[3]Vatican Observatory[2]
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
YugoslaviaMuseum of Yugoslav History, Belgrad[2][3]
Zambia.
United Nations

Footnotes
  1. The Apollo 17 luna sample was brought to China by National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski in May 1978 as a gift to Hua Guofeng, paramount leader of China. According to reports from Chinese media, the 1.14-gram lunar sample was divided into two halves: one was sent to scientists in China Academy of Sciences for research, from which around 40 scientific papers were published; another, 0.5-gram weight, was preserved in Beijing Planetarium.[20][21][22]
  2. Kept at Dunsink Observatory until that was damaged in a 1977 fire, after which it is presumed to have been among the debris dumped in the adjacent landfill site.[26]

See also
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