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Media Contact:

Ted Huetter/Senior Public Relations Manager
T: 206.768.7105 C: 206.455.5360 Email: thuetter@museumofflight.org

Media Alert:

June 18 Media Preview for The MiG-21 Project

Project artist Ralph Ziman and creative team available for interviews

SEATTLE, June 6, 2025—A media preview for the Museum’s major world premiere art exhibition, The MiG-21 Project, will be Wednesday, June 18 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The exhibit opens Saturday, June 21.

Project artist Ralph Ziman and The MiG-21 Project team will be present for interviews and tours of the exhibit. The Museum’s exhibit team and Museum President/CEO Matt Hayes will also be at the preview.

RSVP is not required but appreciated!

Please contact Ted Huetter to make any special arrangements to see the exhibit or interview the artists: 206-455-5360.

Check out a brief video about The MiG-21 Project.

The MiG-21 Project is the culmination of Ziman’s Weapons of Mass Production Trilogy, a 12-year project inspired by the artist’s experiences growing up in Apartheid South Africa and produced by teams on two continents—Ziman and his team in Los Angeles in collaboration with Southern African beadwork artisans. Together, they addressed the impact of the arms trade on global conflicts and the continued militarization of police forces around the world, and responded by turning symbols of oppression into works of art that inspire a reflection on history and current conflicts.

Full press release here.

Image above: The MiG-21 Project - "Ruacana Raider Returns," staged photo of woman wearing custom regalia in front of the beaded MiG-21 fighter. Photo courtesy The MiG-21 Project.

Image below: The MiG-21 Project beaded MiG-21 fighter jet in a staged photo. Photo courtesy The MiG-21 Project.

The MiG-21 Project

Detail of the MiG-21.

The MiG-21 Project

MiG-21 cockpit.

The AK-47 Project

Part 1 of the Weapons of Mass Production Trilogy

Project Artisans in South Africa

Weapons of Mass Production Trilogy

The Cassipir Project

Part 2 of the Weapons of Mass Production Trilogy

The MiG-21 Project

One of the flight suits created for the Project.

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Founded in 1965, the independent, nonprofit Museum of Flight is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, annually serving over 600,000 visitors. The Museum's collection includes more than 160 historically significant airplanes and spacecraft, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today's 787 Dreamliner. Attractions at the 23-acre, 5-building Seattle campus include the original Boeing Company factory, the NASA Space Shuttle Trainer, Air Force One, Concorde, Lockheed Blackbird and Apollo Moon rockets. In addition to the Seattle campus adjacent to King County International Airport, the Museum also has its 3-acre Restoration Center and Reserve Collection at Paine Field in Everett (not currently open to the public).

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