Canada lunar sample displays

The Canada lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of Canada by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.

History

In 1972 Jaymie Matthews was given the Canadian "goodwill Moon rock". It was displayed at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa for several years. It went missing between 1978 and 2000, and was then housed at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.