The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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 The Reception of the Diplomation & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin Object French Faience Plate Object Selected filters: Date: 1790s Object Type: Works of art Set Name: National Air and Space Museum Collection Clear All