The Hindenburg airship is most closely associated with the disaster that took place on May 6, 1937, but before tragedy struck, it spent a short but notable life in service, transporting passengers ...

Smithsonian Institution Office of Policy and Analysis. 2013. A Study of Visitors to Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic An Exhibition at the National Postal Museum Spring 2013.

One of the greatest airship disasters in history took place right here in New Jersey when the LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in skies above Lakehurst on May 6, 1937. From the iconic newsreel ...

The NPM’s new exhibit Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic opened on March 22 and remains open until January 6, 2014. Over seventy-five persons worked on the exhibition, led by the NPM exhibit team.