Social and Cultural Space Collection

Air and Space Museum

The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Spaceflight Collection (a sampling of which is available online here) includes over 4500 individual pieces of space memorabilia and space science fiction objects, including toys and games, clothing and stamps, medals and awards, and buttons and pins, as well as comics and trading cards. There are one-of-a-kind objects, such as studio models made for film and television productions or commemorative objects given to individual astronauts. There are also everyday objects: commercially-produced mission patches, boxed model kits, or mass-produced memorabilia. Together, these mementos of the space age complete the story about spaceflight told by the Museum's collection of space hardware and technologies.

Social and Cultural Space Collection

Model, "Star Trek," D7 Klingon Battle Cruiser

Model, Starship Enterprise, in clear plastic block, "Star Trek"

Model, UFO, "The Invaders," ABC 1967-68

Model, Starship Enterprise, Television Show, "Star Trek"

Stand, Starship Enterprise, Star Trek

Model, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise

Model, Mars Electric Launch Vehicle

Model, Spacecraft, Mother Ship, Movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

Model Kit, Rocket, Mercury Redstone

Model Kit, Apollo Spacecraft, 1/96

Model Kit, Lunar Module, 1/48

Model Kit, Lunar Module, 1/48

Model Kit, Rocket, Saturn V, 1:96

Model Kit, Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, 1/48

Model Kit, Apollo 11 - Columbia and Eagle, 1/96

Model Kit, Rocket, Saturn V

Model, "Astronaut in Space"

Model, Apollo Astronaut on Moon

Model, Apollo Astronaut on Moon

Rocket, Flying Model, Lunar Rocket

Model Kit, Missile, V-2

Model Kit, Rocket, Saturn V, 1:144

Model Kit, Space Shuttle Columbia, 1:144