Giant Pandas Come to NZP

Object Details

Subject: Nixon, Richard M (Richard Milhous) 1913-; National Zoological Park (U.S.); United States President

Category: Chronology of Smithsonian History
: Image of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at National Zoo, Negative Number 96-1378.; Video Clip of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo from biologist Devra Kleiman's studies, 1973, Accession 01-227.; Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1984, p. 19.; Smithsonian "Torch" staff newsletter, 4/1982, p. 5.; Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "S. Dillon Ripley Chronology".
Summary: Upon the occasion of the historic visit of President Richard M. Nixon to China, the People's Republic of China presents two Giant Pandas, Hsing-Hsing (m) and Ling-Ling (f), to the United States. They become residents of the National Zoological Park on April 16, 1972.
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

April 16, 1972

Place: China (Republic : 1949- ); United States of America, District of Columbia, Washington, National Zoological Park

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Endangered species; Giant panda; Gifts; Major Events in Smithsonian History