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Watercolor Maptiles Website Enters Permanent Collection of Cooper Hewitt
First Living Website To Be Acquired by the Smithsonian
05.18.2021
Cooper Hewitt New Acquisitions
Fictional Star Wars spaceship floating in space

This X-wing Starfighter appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and is on long-term loan from Lucasfilm. It will go on display in 2022 in the museum's flagship building on the National Mall.

Credit: Lucasfilm

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter
Now on View in Restoration Hangar After Traveling From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
05.04.2021
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
Vibrant quilt with abstract, square design

Sunshine and Shadow, 1930, 89 x 86 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown. Image courtesy of Faith and Stephen Brown

Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Major Gift of Extraordinary Amish Quilts From the Collectors Faith and Stephen Brown
Textile Masterpieces Will Be Featured in an Exhibition in 2024
03.09.2021
American Art Museum New Acquisitions
Two vials of covid-19 vaccine and vaccine card

Two vials and Nurse Sandra Lindsay’s vaccine record card. Courtesy of the National Museum of America History

Smithsonian Collects Objects From First Known U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Effort
Northwell Health Donates Vials, Packaging to National Museum of American History
03.09.2021
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Dr. Fauci holds sculpture of a virus between his hands

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci holds his personal 3D-printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion during the “Great Americans Awards Program.” Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American History

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Donates Pandemic-Related Object to the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History Honors Fauci With Great Americans Medal
03.02.2021
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Blue Hornet jet

U.S. Navy Blue Angel F/A-18C Hornet

National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet
New Artifact To Go On Display at Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center
11.19.2020
Air and Space Museum New Acquisitions
American Democracy button
Smithsonian Curators Collecting 2020 Presidential Election Memorabilia
10.27.2020
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Sculpture installation
Hirshhorn To Reopen Its Sculpture Garden Aug. 17
Two Newly Acquired Monumental Sculptures by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby on Display
08.12.2020
Hirshhorn Museum New Acquisitions
Courtesy Wing
National Air and Space Museum Collects Delivery Drone From Alphabet’s Wing
Commercial Delivery Aircraft Adds to Collection of “Firsts” at Smithsonian
08.07.2020
Air and Space Museum New Acquisitions
Composite photo of two artists

(From left) Huma Bhabha in her studio; courtesy of Lauren Lancaster. Sterling Ruby in his studio; photo by Melanie Schiff; courtesy of Sterling Ruby Studio.

Hirshhorn Announces Acquisition of Major Outdoor Sculptures by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby
Introduction of Two Contemporary Artists to the Sculpture Garden Expands Collection, Anticipates Reopening and Eventual Revitalization
07.24.2020
Hirshhorn Museum New Acquisitions
Grazing bison

Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Smithsonian’s National Zoo Welcomes Two New Bison
Howard University and Gallaudet University Communities Name Bison
07.17.2020
National Zoo New Acquisitions
American History Museum
Smithsonian Curators To Collect 2020 Presidential Election Memorabilia
02.03.2020
American History Museum New Acquisitions
ticket to Andrew Johnson impeachment

Ticket to Andrew Johnson's impeachment (courtesy National Museum of American History)

Statement on Collecting Objects Regarding the Impeachment of the President
01.21.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
infinity rooms
Hirshhorn Acquires Three Major Works by Yayoi Kusama, Announces 2020 Legacy Exhibition
Exhibition Will Build on Hirshhorn’s 2017 Survey and Include Two Infinity Mirror Rooms, Sculptures and Early Painting
01.06.2020
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
1966 Honda motorcycle.
“Zen Motorcycle” Takes Final Journey Into the Smithsonian’s Collections
Motorcycle Symbolizes Author Robert Pirsig’s Impact on America’s Relationship With Technology
12.17.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Kimberly Diamond set in a necklace
Kimberley Diamond Acquired for Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection
Famed 55.08-Carat Diamond Goes on Public View in Gem Gallery
10.30.2019
Natural History Museum New Acquisitions
Earth Wind and Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire by Bruce W. Talamon

Credit: “Earth, Wind & Fire” by Bruce W. Talamon, inkjet print, 1978 (printed 2019). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Randi Charno Levine. © 2018 Bruce W. Talamon. All Rights Reserved.

National Portrait Gallery To Premiere New Commissions and Recently Acquired Portraits of 2019 American Portrait Gala Honorees
09.25.2019
Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
Photo of bust of Osage leader

“Shonke Mon thi^, (Shunkamolah), Osage.” Bust made April – Dec. 1904 by Frank Lemon. Photograph by Ken Gonzales-Day. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery Acquires Portrait of Shonke Mon thi^ by Artist Ken Gonzales-Day
08.29.2019
Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
Ebony Magazine Cover

Ebony Magazine Vol. 24 No. 10 

Credit: Johnson Publishing Company 

Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive
To Be Donated for Public Benefit and Broadest Possible Access
07.25.2019
African American Museum New Acquisitions
american flag

D-Day flag. Photo by Jacklyn Nash

Smithsonian To Display Recently Acquired D-Day Flag
The Flag Will Be On View in the D-Day Exhibit July 26
07.25.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Lonnie bunch accepts flag

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III accepts 48-star D-Day flag at a ceremony at the White House

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Accepts 48-Star D-Day Flag for the National Collection at White House Ceremony
Flag Will Be Displayed in D-Day Exhibit at the National Museum of American History
07.18.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
dunchamp art

Left: Marcel Duchamp, “The Bride Stripped Bare of Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box),” 1934. Box containing collotype reproductions on various papers. Edition 1 of 300. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2018

Right: Marcel Duchamp, “Porte Chapeau (Hat Rack),” Conceived in 1917/Executed in 1964. Edition: 5/8 + 3 Aps. Photo: National Gallery of Canada. © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2018

Hirshhorn Announces Exhibition Examining the Life and Legacy of Pioneering Artist Marcel Duchamp
Historic Two-Part Show Will Debut the Museum’s Recent Promised Gift of Over 50 Key Works by Duchamp and His Contemporaries Exhibition Will Showcase His Extraordinary Influence on Artists Today
06.27.2019
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
dress

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 New Acquisitions
Sam Gilliam, "Light Depth," 1969

Sam Gilliam, “Light Depth,” 1969. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy Corcoran Gallery of Art. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2018.

Hirshhorn Announces 30 New Works Entering the Museum’s Collection
One-Third of These Acquisitions To Come From the Former Corcoran Gallery
03.21.2019
Hirshhorn Museum New Acquisitions

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