Donation of Boxing Memorabilia by Muhammad Ali to National Museum of History and Technology
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Hofmeister, Richard K Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs National Museum of History and Technology
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Also known as 76-4120-8A.Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.Featured in the "Torch," April 1976: March 17 will be remembered affectionately in the annals' of the Museum of History and Technology as the day Muhammad Ali presented a pair of boxing gloves to the Nation of Nations exhibit and the day the Museum came to a complete standstill for an hour...Staff members caught in the excitement of the moment became groupies searching for a handshake or an autograph. Museum guards who formed a detail around the champ were polite, calm and masterful in their handling of the crowd.Muhammad Ali, boxer, visits National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now known as National Museum of American History, to donate a pair of boxing gloves and robe to the museum's "A Nations of Nations" exhibition.Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: April 1976, Image No. 76-4120-08ASmithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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