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NASA provides a number of lunar samples for display at museums, planetariums, and scientific expositions around the world. Lunar displays are open to the public. This webpage does not include the Goodwill samples presented by President Richard Nixon to 135 countries and the 50 U.S. states in 1970 and 1973.

Display History

On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew was launched into space from NASA's Kennedy Spacecraft Center, Florida. This was the first lunar mission with the primary goal of landing men on the Moon and safely returning them back to the earth. The Apollo 11 astronauts performed scientific experiments and collected rock and soil samples during their 2 hour and 14 minute exploration of the lunar surface.

During the Apollo program, which ended in December 1972, the United States successfully brought back lunar samples to Earth. These missions were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. From September 1970 to August 1976, Russia returned lunar samples during three unmanned missions: Luna 16, 21, 24.

NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, provides lunar samples to laboratories and institutions of higher learning for scientific experimentation and education. In addition to these samples, NASA provides a number of lunar samples for display at museums, planetariums, and scientific expositions around the world. Lunar displays are open to the public.

Complete List of Lunar Sample Displays

The complete lunar sample display list is available for download as a PDF file.

Ambassador of Exploration Awards

Recipient Institution In Astronaut's Name Program/Mission Samples Number, Assigned
       
CA Science Ctr, LA, CA Dr. Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 10017,9010
Cradle of Aviation Mus. NY Michael Collins Apollo 11 10071,82
Cincinnati Museum Ctr, OH Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 10071,107
       
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA Pete Conrad** Apollo 12 12054,85
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA Dick Gordon Apollo 12 12022,236
       
Naval Academy Mus, Annapolis, MD Alan Shepard** Apollo 14 14321,1789
S. FL Sci Museum, W. Palm Beach Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 14321,1786
Astronaut Hall of Fame, FL Stu Roosa** Apollo 14 14321,1788
       
Irwin Charter School, Col Sp, CO Jim Irwin** Apollo 15 15418,239
KSC Visitor Center Al Worden Apollo 15 15059,274
       
Georgia Institute of Technology John Young Apollo 16 65015,65
Farragut Academy, FL Charles Duke Apollo 16 65015,61
Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL Ken Mattingley Apollo 16 61015,61
       
Mus of Naval Aviation, FL Gene Cernan Apollo 17 77035,254
Museum of Northern Arizona Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17 75035,9
University of KS @ Lawrence, KS Ron Evans** Apollo 17 77035,64
       
       
Broward Public Library, Ft. Lau, FL Donn Eisele** Apollo 7 15059,25
Frontiers of Flight Musuem, TX Walt Cunningham Apollo 7 15059,273
San Diego Aerospace Museum, CA Wally Schirra Apollo 7 15418,245
       
Pima Air & Space, Tucson, AZ Frank Borman Apollo 8 62255,13
Paxuxent Air Navel Museum, MD Jim Lovell Apollo 8 62255,27
       
U of MI, Ann Arbor, MI Jim McDivitt Apollo 9 77035,256
CA Academy of Sci, San Fran, CA Rusty Schweickart Apollo 9 60315,204
       
Stafford Museum, Weatherford, OK Tom Stafford Apollo 10 77035,255
       
Longmont Museum, CO Vance Brand Apollo(ASTP)/Shuttle  15415,56
Biloxi Visitor Center, MS Fred Haise Apollo13/Shuttle 14321,1787
Wings Over the Rockies Mus, CO Jack Swigert** Apollo13 15418,173
Slayton Museum, Sparta, WI Deke Slayton** Mercury/Apollo(ASTP) 65015,237
       
West Point Museum Ed White** Gemini/Apollo 15418,61
Mus of Nature & Sci, Denver, CO Scott Carpenter Mercury 77035,258
Glenn Institue, OH State U, OH John Glenn Mercury/Shuttle 77035,16
       
UT Walter Cronkite Independent 10071,106
Purdue University, IN Roger Chaffee** Apollo/Gemini  77035,17
VA Tech Christopher Kraft Flt Control/Ctr Dir. 10017,315
Central Catholic High School, OH Gene Kranz Flt Controller 77035,257
Rice University, Houston, TX JFK Family President 62255,14
** Presentation made to family and/or spouse

List of Display Locations in Australia

Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex See Map
421 Discovery Drive
Paddys River
ACT 2620, Australia
Phone: 61-2-6201-7880

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10072,80.
Powerhouse Museum See Map
500 Harris Street Ultimo
Haymarket, Sydney
NSW 1238, Australia
Phone: 61-2-9217-0111

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 61016,116.
Geoscience Australia, Canberra See Map
101 Jerrabomberra Ave
Symonston
ACT 2609, Australia
Phone: 61-2-6249-9111

Displays:

  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,396

List of Display Locations in Austria

United Nations, Vienna, Austria See Map

Vienna, Austria

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,6.

List of Display Locations in Canada

H.R. McMillan Space Centre See Map
1100 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC
V6J 3J9 CANADA
Phone: 1(604) 738-7827

Displays:

  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,263.
Spaceport - Calgary Airport Authority See Map
2000 Airport Road, NE
Calgary, AB
T2E 6W5 CANADA
Phone: 1(403) 717-7678

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,86.
Camp Spatial Canada See Map
2150 Autoroute des Laurentides
Laval, QC
H7T 2T8 CANADA
Phone: 1(450) 978-3600

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15545,87.
Telus World of Science, Edmonton See Map
11211 - 142 Street
Edmonton, AB
T5M 4A1 CANADA
Phone: 1(403) 451-3344

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,791.
Ontario Science Center See Map
770 Don Mills Road
North York, ON
M3C 1T3 CANADA
Phone: 1(416) 696-1000

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15075,25.
The Montreal Science Center See Map
2 de la Commune St W, Montreal, QC H2Y 4B2, Canada
Montreal
Phone: 514-496-4724

Displays:

  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,395

List of Display Locations in Denmark

Tycho Brahe Planetarium See Map
Gammel Kongevej 10
DK-1610 Copenhagen, DENMARK
Phone: 011 (45) 33 12 1224

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 75015,53.

List of Display Locations in France

Cite de L'Espace See Map
8 Avenue Jean Gonord
BP 25855
31506 Toulouse Cedex 5 FRANCE
Phone: 33 5 62 71 64 84

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15499,10.

List of Display Locations in Germany

Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin See Map
Trebbiner Str. 9
D10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
Phone: 49 30-9025484-0

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 76015,143.
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany) See Map
Willy-Brandt-Allee 14
53113 Bonn, GERMANY
Phone: 011 49-228-91 65-269

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,32.
Rieskrater Museum Nördlingen (Ries Crater Museum) See Map
Eugene - Shoemaker-Platz 1
86720 Nördlingen, GERMANY
Phone: 49 (0) 9081-27 38 22-0

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 66075,26.

List of Display Locations in Japan

Space World See Map
Higashida 4-1-1
Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi
Fukuoka 805-0071 JAPAN
Phone: 81-93-672-3675

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12006,1.

List of Display Locations in Mexico

Universum, Museo de las Ciencias de la UNAM See Map
Circuito Cultural de Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM
Coyoacán C.P.
04510 Mexico, D.F., MEXICO
Phone: 01 55 5622 7260

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10045,19.
  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,286.

List of Display Locations in Netherlands

Noordwijk Space Expo See Map
Keplerlaan 3
2201 AZ Noordwijk Zh, NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31 90087654321

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 77035,99.
The Hague See Map
2595 DC
Den Haag
Netherlands
Phone: (321) 269-6100

Displays:

  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,266

List of Display Locations in Philippines

Museo Pambata See Map
Roxas Boulevard corner South Drive
Manila, PHILIPPINES
Phone: (632) 523-1797

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,37.

List of Display Locations in Switzerland

World Intellectual Property Organization See Map
Chemin des Colombettes 34
1211 Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 22 338 91 11

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,766.

List of Display Locations in United Kingdom

National Museum of Wales See Map
Cathays Park, Cardiff
CF10 3NP UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 29 2039 7951

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12022,92.
National Space Science Centre See Map
Mansion House
41 Guildhall Lane, Leicester
LE15FQ UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 0116 253 0811

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 74255,14.
Natural History Museum See Map
Cromwell Road, London
SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 (0)20 7942 5011

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,87.

List of Display Locations in United States of America

U.S. Space and Rocket Center See Map
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone: (256) 837-3400

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12065,15.
Anchorage Museum at Rassmusen Center See Map
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,919.
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum See Map
2021 North Kinney Road
Tucson, AZ 85743-8918
Phone: (520) 883-1380

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 75015,54.
Ames Research Center Visitor Center See Map
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Phone: (650) 604-9000

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15075,68.
California Academy of Sciences See Map
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118-9961
Phone: 1-800-794-7576 / (415) 750-7111

Displays:

  • Thin Section display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,18.
  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,69.
Chabot Space & Science Center See Map
10000 Skyline Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94619
Phone: (510) 336-7491

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,879.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory See Map
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone: (818) 354-4321

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14310,221.
Griffith Observatory See Map
2800 East Observatory Road
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (312) 664-1181

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14321,1810.
The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace See Map
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Phone: (714) 993-3393

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,160.
University of Colorado Heritage Center See Map
Old Main Building
University Avenue
Boulder, CO 80309-0459
Phone: (303) 492-6329

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,884.
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum See Map
1310 Maple Street
Golden, CO 80401

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,916.
National Geographic Society See Map
1145 17th Street
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 857-7588

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12053,93.
Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum See Map
Smithsonian Institution
6th & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20560
Phone: (202) 357-1400 / (202) 357-1505 (TTY)

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15016,20.
  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,53.
  • Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70051,55.
  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,84.
  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 79135,102.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History See Map
Smithsonian Institution
10th & Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC 20560-0119
Phone: 202-357-2700 / TTY 202-357-1729

Displays:

  • Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,19.
  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,447.
  • Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,210.
  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,880.
  • Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,54.
  • Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,126.
  • Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67915,276.
  • Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67915,302.
  • Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70051,51.
Washington National Cathedral See Map
3101 Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 537-6200

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10057,230.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex See Map
State Rd 405
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Phone: (800) 572-4636 (Fla. only) / (407) 452-2121

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15058,187.
  • Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,40.
  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,287.
Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center See Map
Kona International Airport
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745
Phone: (808) 329-3441

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 74255,38.
Chicago Tribune Tower See Map
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15499,67.
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum See Map
1300 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312-922- STAR (7827) / TTY: 312-322-0995

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,767.
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry See Map
57th Street & Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637-2093
Phone: (773) 684-1414

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 79155,10.
Indiana State Museum See Map
650 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-1637

Displays:

  • Glass Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,821.
Eisenhower Library See Map
200 Southeast 4th Street
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-4751

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,461.
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center See Map
1100 North Plum
Hutchinson, KS 67501-1499
Phone: (316) 662-2305 / (800) 397-0330

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10020,57.
  • Display of Apollo 12 Surveyor Scoop with Lunar Dust Sample 12029,25.
Goddard Space Flight Center (VC) See Map
Explorer Rd
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: (301) 286-8101 / (301) 286-8103 (TDD)

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14310,215.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum See Map
200 William T. Morrissey Blvd. Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617) 929-4500

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,50.
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum See Map
2111 Emmons Road
Jackson, MI 49201

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,54.
  • Thin section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,170.
Stennis Space Center (VC) See Map
Stennis Space Center
Bldg 1200
NSTL Station, MS 39529
Phone: (228) 688-2370

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15015,80.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science See Map
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Phone: (505) 841-2800

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 71566,4.
New Mexico Museum of Space History See Map
Highway 2001
Alamogordo, NM 88311-0533
Phone: (505) 437-2840

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,93.
American Museum of Natural History See Map
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Phone: (212)-769-5200

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14305,30.
  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15475,134.
  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,179.
  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,57.
U.S. Mission to The United Nations See Map
1st Avenue & E. 45th
New York, NY 10017
799 United Nations Plaza
Phone: (212) 963-8687

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14321,86.
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science See Map
433 Murray Avenue
Durham, NC 27704
Phone: (919) 220-5429

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,173.
Great Lakes Science Center See Map
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114

Displays:

  • Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15015,79.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History See Map
1 Wade Oval Drive
University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106-1767
Phone: 1-800-317-9155 / (216) 231-4600

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,35.
Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum See Map
500 South Apollo Drive
Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
Phone: (419) 738-8811

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10017,37.
United States Air Force Museum See Map
1100 Spaatz Street
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH 45433-7102
Phone: (937) 255-3286

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67455,1.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum See Map
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1194
Phone: (215) 448-1200

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,463.
South Carolina State Museum See Map
301 Gervais St.
Columbia, SC 29202-3107
Phone: (803) 898-4921

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,177.
Houston Museum of Natural Science See Map
One Herman Circle Dr.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 639-IMAX or (713) 639-4600

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12018,13.
Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum See Map
2313 Red River
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 916-5136
Phone: (713) 639-IMAX or (713) 639-4600

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,161.
Space Center Houston See Map
1601 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
(512) 916-5136
Phone: (281) 244-2105

Displays:

  • Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,238.
Clark Planetarium See Map
110 South 400 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1145
(512) 916-5136
Phone: (801) 456-7827

Displays:

  • Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,244.
  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,464.
Virginia Air and Space Center See Map
600 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669-4033
Phone: (801) 296-0800 / (757) 727-0900

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70017,138.
Wallops Flight Facility (VC) See Map
Wallops Island, VA 23337
Phone: (757) 824-1344 / (757) 824-2298

Displays:

  • Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,59.
Museum of Flight See Map
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: (206) 764-5700 / (206) 764-5720

Displays:

  • Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12047,6.