The diamond was bought by Harry Winston, a jeweler in New York. He displayed it for several years and donated it in November 1958 to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Harry Winston gave this stone 'to the world', apparently believing that its safekeeping at the Smithsonian was assured.
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The command module of Apollo 11 is at the Air force and Space museum at Washington.
The space shuttles are used today as museum pieces and for education in said museums. Atlantis is currently at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Endeavor is in the Los Angeles science center, and Discovery is at the Smithsonian
It was donated by Henry Winston and sent to the museum by uninsured US Postal service for around $150.00 postage... Crazy...
The command module is displayed in the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. The lunar lander remains on the moon.
NASA is not selling them. The Discovery is going to the Smithsonian. The Atlantis, Endeavour and Enterprise orbiters will be donated to other museums; about 20 museums have submitted proposals. Each museum must cover the cost of preparing and transporting the orbiter, about $28.8 million.
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The Hope Diamond is owned by the United States as the result of a gift of jeweler Harry Winston. It is kept safe by the Smithsonian Institution and is available for viewing by the public in the National History Museum in Washington D. C.
the hope diamond is the largest. It is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
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The National Museum of Natural History, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC displays an exhibit that includes the Hope Diamond.
The Smithsonian Institute is located in Washington, DC, USA.
The museum Smithsonian American Art Museum is located in the United States of America. The exact city the museum is located in is Washington, D.C. and it has the largest collection of art.
There is only one, and that is in Washington, in the Smithsonian museum collection.
in the Smithsonian museum of natural history in Washington dc
There are 19 museums in the Smithsonian Instutition, and most of them are in Washington, D.C. Others, like one branch of the National Museum of the American Indian and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, are located in New York City.
The Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
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