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.

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. This was done again with an Apollo 17 sample (Lunar basalt 70017). There are a few samples from Apollo 15 on display.

United States Listing Giftee Apollo 11 Apollo 17 Apollo 15Alabama Alabama Department of Archives and History, MontgomeryAlaska Alaska State Museum, JuneauAmerican Samoa Jean P. Haydon Museum, Pago PagoApollo 11 lunar displays -Arizona Arizona Historical Society, Tucson University of Arizona Mineral Museum, TucsonArkansas Arkansas Museum of Discovery, Little RockCalifornia San Diego Air & Space Museum, San DiegoColorado Colorado State Capitol Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, GoldenConnecticut Museum of Connecticut History, HartfordDelaware Unknown - stolen in 1977 Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural AffairsDistrict of Columbia District of Columbia Office of Public Records -Florida Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee Georgia Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta Tellus Science Museum, CartersvilleAtlanta Journal-Constitution Guam Guam Museum, Hagatna -Hawaii Hawaii State ArchivesIdaho Idaho State Historical Society, Boise Illinois Illinois State Museum, SpringfieldIndiana Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis Iowa State Historical Museum, Des Moines Kansas Kansas Museum of History, TopekaKenneth Spencer Research Library, LawrenceKentucky Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort LouisianaLouisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge Louisiana State Museum, New OrleansMaine Maine State Museum, AugustaMaryland Maryland State Archives, AnnapolisMassachusetts Museum of Science, Boston Michigan Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing Unknown - missing since 1972 Calvin University, Grand RapidsWOOD-TV Minnesota Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson Missouri Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City Montana Montana Historical Society, Helena Nebraska University of Nebraska State Museum, LincolnNevada Nevada State Museum, Carson CityNew Hampshire McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, ConcordNew Hampshire Apollo 17 Moon Rock New Jersey New Jersey State Museum, Trenton Unknown - missing since 1976 New Mexico Palace of Governors, Santa Fe Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell New York Unknown New York State Museum, Albany North Carolina North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh North Dakota State Historical Society, Bismarck Ohio Ohio History Center, ColumbusOklahoma Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City Oregon Oregon State Capitol, Salem Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, PortlandPennsylvania State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Puerto Rico La Fortaleza, San Juan -Rhode IslandState Library, ProvidenceState Archives, ProvidenceSouth CarolinaGovernor's Mansion, ColumbiaSouth Carolina State Museum, ColumbiaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota State Historical Society, PierreW.H. Over Museum, VermillionTennesseeTennessee State Museum, NashvillePink Palace Museum, MemphisTexasMuseum of Texas Tech University, LubbockTexas State History Museum, AustinUtah Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake CityVermont Vermont Historical Society, Barre VirginiaLibrary of Virginia, RichmondScience Museum of Virginia, RichmondWashington Washington State Historical Society, TacomaWest Virginia West Virginia State Museum, CharlestonWisconsin Wisconsin Historical Museum, MadisonWyoming Wyoming State Capitol, Cheyenne Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne

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 Giftee Apollo 11 Apollo 17 Apollo 15AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraArgentina Galileo Galilei planetarium, Buenos Aires Australia National Archives of Australia, Canberra National Museum of Australia, CanberraApollo 17 lunar displaysAustria Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum, ViennaBangladesh Bangabandhu Military MuseumBangabandhu Military MuseumBarbadosBelgium Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, BrusselsBhutanBolivia Planetario Max Schreier, La PazBotswanaBrazil Unknown BagéBulgaria National Museum of Natural History, SofiaBurmaNational Museum of Myanmar (Yangon)BurundiCameroonCanada Unknown Canada Science and Technology MuseumCambodia National Museum of CambodiaCentral African RepublicCeylon (Sri Lanka) ColomboChadChile Eduardo Frei Montalva's Historic House Museum, Santiago Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, SantiagoChina Unknown Beijing Planetarium, BeijingColombia Bogotá Planetarium, BogotáCongo (Brazzaville)Congo (Kinshasa)Costa Rica Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San JoseCubaCyprusCzechoslovakia Vojenský historický ústav, Prague DahomeyDenmark Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen Dominican Republic Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo EcuadorEgypt Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo El Salvador MUNA, Zona Rosa Equatorial GuineaEthiopiaFinland Urho Kekkonen Museum Tamminiemi, Helsinki GTK, OtaniemiFrance Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Nantes Palais de la Découverte, ParisGabonGambiaGermany Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt Deutsches Museum, Munich Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer Haus der Geschichte, Bonn Rieskrater Museum, NördlingenGhanaGreeceNational Archeological Museum, AthensGuatemala Ministry of Culture and Sport, Guatemala CityGuyana National Museum of Guyana, GeorgetownHaitiHonduras Unknown TegucigalpaHungary Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest Iceland The Exploration Museum, HúsavíkIndia Parliament Museum, New DelhiIndonesiaIranIraqIreland Dunsink National Museum of IrelandIsrael Israel State Archives, Jerusalem Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (presumed)Italy Museo Nazionale Della Scienza E Della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", MilanJamaica Jamaica Archives & Records Department, Spanish TownJapan National Museum, TokyoJordanKenyaKorea Presidential Archives, Sejong National Science Museum, DaejeonKuwaitLaos Royal Palace Museum, Luang PrabangLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtenstein Schatzkammer Liechtenstein, VaduzLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysia Natural History Museum, PutrajayaMaldives National Museum, MaleMali Malta Gozo Museum MauritaniaMauritius National History Museum, MahebourgMexico Universum, Museo de las Ciencias, Mexico CityMonacoMongoliaMoroccoMuscat and OmanNauruNepal National Museum of Nepal, Kathmandu Netherlands (Dutch) National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine, Leiden New Zealand Museum of New Zealand NicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorway Trondheim Science Museum Natural History Museum at the University of OsloPakistanPanamaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPoland Olsztyńskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Olsztyn PortugalRomania Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României, Bucharest Rwanda Kandt House Museum of Natural History, Kigali San MarinoSaudi ArabiaSenegalSierra Leone Sierra Leone National Museum, FreetownSingapore Singapore Science Centre Solomon Islands National MuseumSomaliaSouth Africa Old Parliament Bldg., Cape Town Transvaal Museum, Pretoria Southern YemenSoviet Union Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow Spain Museo Naval, Madrid SudanSwazilandSweden National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne SyriaTaiwan National Museum of Natural Science, TaichungTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkey Natural History Museum, AnkaraUgandaUnited Kingdom Waiting area, 10 Downing Street, London Natural History Museum, LondonNational Space Centre, LeicesterUpper VoltaUruguay Boiso Lanza Air BaseVatican City Vatican Museum Vatican ObservatoryVenezuelaVietnamYemen Yugoslavia Museum of Yugoslav History, BelgradZambia. United Nations

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List of Apollo lunar sample displays

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