Calling all Trekkies: The Smithsonian needs your help to get the USS Enterprise back to its original condition.
The National Air and Space Museum is asking fans to search their memory vaults for original photos or footage of the Enterprise, all so it can restore the ship to its specific August 1967 appearance.
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The Enterprise has gone through eight different restorations since it was originally built in 1964, during, and after the TV series's production.
Fans’ first contact with the ship came in 1972, when a model was featured at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California during Space Week -- a 10-day gathering of space-related activities. In 1974 and 1975, the ship was displayed in the Smithsonian’s Arts & Industries Building in Washington, D.C., while the National Air and Space Museum’s new home on Independence Avenue was under construction.
Conservators are currently working on the ship's 1967 model, and need primary-source photos to use as reference materials for the project. The project will replicate the Enterprise's appearance during and after the production of the episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” the last time it was altered throughout the original Star Trek.
However, just any old image won't do -- the museum is looking specifically for firsthand, original photos or film of the ship under construction, during filming or on public display at any time before 1976. Meaning screencaps from the show and images already online won't cut it.
This, of course, means that any Trekkies who had the foresight to collect some very specific set photos should heed their calling and step up to the mission by sending a message over to [email protected].