For now, the purse and its contents are on extended loan from the Armstrong estate to the Smithsonian, though the intention is to eventually donate them to the museum.
In addition to the McDivitt purse, the family has also offered an extensive collection of Armstrong's personal items and memorabilia. Two of the artifacts, the data camera and waist tether, are already on display at the National Air and Space Museum as part of the new exhibition, " Outside the Spacecraft: The tether was designed to be used in the case of an emergency spacewalk but instead Armstrong used it to suspend his legs while trying to rest inside the lander a determination that the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal team made by inspecting the rediscovered artifact.
Eventually, the Armstrong purse and many, if not all of its contents may be put on display as part of the museum's planned renovation of its Apollo-dedicated gallery.
Neil Armstrong's Widow Discovers Bag of Lunar Landing Souvenirs
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A Christian Science Perspective. Photos of the Week. The widow of the famed astronaut chanced upon a number of mementos from the Apollo spacecraft. Found only after this death in , Neil Armstrong had hidden in his closet the Apollo 11 "McDivitt purse" and its contents of flown-to-the-moon lunar module parts. February 10, By Robert Z.
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