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Fact Sheets

The following fact sheets were compiled for use by the media.

Collections

Protest and Political History Collecting
The First Ladies Collection
The National Quilt Collection
“My Computing Devices” select object list
The Electricity Collections
Early Sound Recording Collection and Sound Recovery Project
Apple artifacts in the Museum's collections

Exhibitions

Julia Child's Kitchen
Titanic artifacts in the Museum's collections
Spark!Lab, “Invention at Play,” and the New Lemelson Hall of Invention

General

Fact Sheet: National Museum of American History
“The Changing Face of Portrait Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital”
“Treasures at the Museum”
“Sweet Stuff: An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose”

Initiatives and Programs

Spanish Language Broadcast History
Stories of 2020—A Digital Storytelling Initiative
American Food History Project
National Museum of American History Strategic Plan: 2020-2030
75 Years of Auto Safety
Lecture Series: Inventing American Photography: Smithsonian Collections
Smithsonian Supplies American History Posters to Armed Forces in Iraq
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
Hip-Hop Won’t Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life
Museum-inspired merchandise available on QVC
Sweet and Sour Initiative
The Star-Spangled Banner Campaign Donors

Objects

Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers
The Bunkers’ Chairs
Vassar Telescope
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Civil War Draft Wheel
Landmark Object: John Bull Locomotive
Landmark Object: George Washington Statue, 1841
The Gunboat Philadelphia
Clara Barton’s Red Cross Ambulance, 1898
Google "Corkboard" Server, 1999
Teddy Bear
Phyllis Diller’s "Gag File"
Portrait of Stephen Colbert
A Hidden Message
Plymouth Rock
Artifact Walls and Landmark Objects: Part One
Artifact Walls and Landmark Objects: Part Two

Renovations

The Abstract Flag
Making a Modern Museum: Part One
The New Skylight
We’re Picking Up (Bad) Vibrations
Rigging Crew Does the Heavy Lifting
John Bull under Wraps for Renovation
Crating Collections for Safe Keeping
Sneak Peek into the Construction Zone
Transforming the Museum: Part Two
What Happens Behind Closed Doors? The Preparation of Caroline Harrison's Inaugural Gown