The National Air and Space Museum has a large significant collection of Star 
Trek items and art work, some of which are on loan and others are in the 
collections.  The Enterprise is on permannet exhibit at the Museum downtown, 
in the lower level of the gift shop gallery.  The American History Museum 
has a lot of the Star Wars collection. In an upcoming exhibit at NASM 
opening this Fall, please come and see the newly conserved RTD2 and C3PO on 
exhibit.  The Lucas Ranch in CA on the other hand houses, archives and 
preserves the entire Star Wars movie items and they have their own curator 
and conservator who look after the collections.

Lisa Young
Alexandria Conservation Services, Ltd.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:30 AM
Subject: Material Culture of the Final Frontier


> For students of material culture both past, present, and future, you 
> should
> visit Christie's upcoming auction of uniforms, furniture and artifacts 
> from 40
> years' production of the Star Trek series.
>
> As a preservationist, I am somewhat saddened to see this material 
> dispersed
> but as a collector, I should do wish I could afford a Tribble!  I hope 
> there
> is a museum somewhere that has a good representative sample.
>
> _http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp_
> (http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp)
>
> In viewing this material in person, I got the distinct  impression there 
> will
> be a lot of money spent at this sale.   (Certainly it will bring new 
> meaning
> to the saying "Go Forth and Prosper")
>
>
> Lot 295 should generate some discussion: NATIVE AMERICAN-STYLE  ART FROM
> CHAKOTAY'S QUARTERS AND OFFICE
>
>
>
>