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Moon Museum

A Florida art curator purchased a a tiny ceramic chip with six images. The seller told him the tiny images were the works of several prominent artists and the chip was made as a miniature art museum to attach to the Apollo 12 lunar module. Did NASA actually deliver the artwork of Andy Warhol to the moon? Gwendolyn Wright tracks down three eyewitnesses to this historic moment.

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Season 8, Episode 7
56:10
St.Valentine's Day Massacre; G. Washington Miniature; Stalag 17 Portrait
Season 8, Episode 4
53:09
Barton Letter; Andrew Jackson's Mouth; Spybook
Season 8: Episode 1
55:09
Space Boot; Satelloon; Moon Museum
Season 7, Episode 9
54:44
WPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bomb
Season 7, Episode 8
54:44
Mussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Device
Season 7, Episode 6
54:44
Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Home
Season 7, Episode 5
54:44
Tokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; World War II Diary
Season 7, Episode 4
54:44
Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug
Season 7, Episode 3
54:54
St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm
Season 7, Episode 2
54:54
Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems
Season 7, Episode 1
54:51
Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob
Season 6, Episode 10
54:07
Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver
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