A short clip covering the restoration of the original NCC-1701 shooting model at the Smithsonian, and
another after it went back on display.
I'm fairly sure that I saw it in person twenty years ago on a field trip when the traveling Smithsonian exhibition came to town. I distinctly remember seeing the ruby slippers (they aren't as impressive in person, FYI).
I love museums, and I want to get to the real Smithsonian someday.
Incidentally, in these clips the experts do their best with the treknobabble, but they mess up
a lot. Or at least they tend to go generic or imprecise. I kept wanting to yell at the screen "go to the Internet and you'll find hundreds of people willing to help you
for free!"
The Smithsonian also has
a Voyager commbadge given to astronaut Sally Ride.
Size comparison of several scifi ships, done to scale in CG.
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