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Photo Courtesy of Marchesa.

Marchesa Donates Crazy Rich Asians Gown to the Smithsonian at Los Angeles Event
Dress Joins Collections in the National Museum of American History
05.15.2019
American History Museum Culture New Acquisitions
Harriet Tubman

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Album With Previously Unknown Photo of Young Harriet Tubman To Go on Public View for the First Time
To View the Photograph and Visit Museum, Visitors May Walk Up for Entry Without a Pass Monday Through Friday Beginning at 1 p.m.
03.20.2019
African American Museum History New Acquisitions

Callum Francis, Cyndi Lauper, and Andy Kelso

Kinky Boots Steps Into the Smithsonian National Collection
National Museum of American History Accepts Costume Artifacts
03.06.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
“Love is the Message, The Message is Death”

Installation view of Arthur Jafa, “Love is the Message, The Message is Death,” 2016 in “The Message: New Media Works” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2017. Courtesy of Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/ Rome. Photo: Cathy Carver

Hirshhorn, Smithsonian American Art Museum Jointly Acquire Arthur Jafa’s Breakout Work “Love is the Message, The Message is Death”  
Marks First Joint Acquisition Between the Two Smithsonian Museums
11.16.2018
American Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum Art New Acquisitions
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Hirshhorn Receives Major Gift of More Than 50 Iconic Works by Marcel Duchamp and His Contemporaries
Most Significant Gift of Art Since Joseph Hirshhorn’s Passing in 1981
09.05.2018
Hirshhorn Museum Art New Acquisitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Southern Railway Car
11.17.2013
African American Museum History New Acquisitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Angola Prison Tower
11.17.2013
African American Museum History New Acquisitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Edisto Island Slave Cabin
05.13.2013
African American Museum History New Acquisitions