The iconic stand has been restored to public display 61 years to the day after JFK gave his speech at Rice University.
. Rookstool suggested it was more likely that the president used a stand that traveled with him from speech to speech and was designed to come apart to aid in its transport.
"That was the most difficult thing to get over, is that we didn't have that saw cut," said Paul Spana, Space Center Houston's director of collections and curator, in an interview with collectSPACE.com. After discussing the matter with Harris, Spana sought out the help of Steve Pine, a furniture conservation expert from Pine Art Conservation. Pine received the lectern on April 17, for a comprehensive examination aimed at determining its history.
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