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The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past.

The Museum has more than 3 million artifacts in its collection. Information and photos of selected objects is available in the online collections database. The database is a work-in-progress and new items will be added regularly. A separate database covers archival collections.
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Agriculture
Art
Clothing & Accessories
Coins, Currency and Medals
Communications
Computers & Business Machines
Cultures & Communities
Domestic Furnishings
Energy & Power
Engineering, Building, and Architecture
Family & Social Life
Food
Government, Politics, and Reform
Health & Medicine
Industry & Manufacturing
Measuring & Mapping
Military
Music & Musical Instruments
Natural Resources
Photography
Popular Entertainment
Religion
Science & Mathematics
Sports & Leisure
Textiles
Transportation
Work
Featured Object Groups
  Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection
  Mexican America
  National Numismatics Collection
  Printing Matrices for Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
  Teodoro Vidal Collection of Puerto Rican History




Related Links
Archives Center
HistoryWired: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Legacies: Collecting America’s History at the Smithsonian
Media Fact Sheets on Selected Objects
Featured Object Stories Written by Curators

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