More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request. In fact, any attempts to produce or exhibit narratives about the past will always spark a controversy and incites various arguments and struggles over historical truth. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The Enola Gay controversy or some might called it the Smithsonian atomic bomb exhibit debates sparks a History Wars in American public. In the mid-1990s, the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution found itself at the.
The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Overview of the Smithsonian/Enola Gay Controversy. In an attempt to portray the end of World War II, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the nuclear arms race, the National Air and Space Museum ran into great opposition from various military groups and certain members. Search this Container:Īrchival materials Scope and Contents note: The controversy had broad implications for the field of history and the arena of American public consciousness.
