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Star Trek Exhibition: A Retrospective of the 60s (Exhibition); Star Trek
birth: 1993 July 1
death: 1994 March 6
Exhibition. Opened July 1, 1993 and closed approximately March 6, 1994. Located in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Star Trek & Exhibition: A Retrospective of the 60s was a retrospective exhibition on the Star Trek television show, curated by the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.
Summary
The Star Trek Exhibition was a retrospective of Paramount Pictures' original television series, curated by the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition featured original costumes, models, assorted props, photographs, and other memorabilia from the series (1, p. 8). The Museum's textile conservators loaned their expertise to the handling of costumes and accessories of the exhibition's approximately 35 figures (1, p. 23).
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Hayden Planetarium's Sky Theater presented a show created by the Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon: Orion Rendezvous: A Star Trek & Voyage of Discovery, which, featuring the voice of LaVar Burton as Commander Geordi LaForge, transformed the Theater into a Federation Starship and used a new laser graphics system. The sky show closed on June 13, 1994 (1, p. 8).
Sections in the exhibition included (2):
*The Creation of Star Trek
*Alien Life-Forms
*The Resident Alien
*The Fans
*Women
*Sexuality
*The Specter of Vietnam
*Star Trek and the Sixties
*Imperialism?
*Superweapons
*Love and Self-Sacrifice
*The Will to Power
This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.