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Thanks for the Memories: Music, Sports and Entertainment History

Ongoing, Third floor west
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Music, sports and entertainment play major roles in American life, shaping our national memory and often defining what is American to the nation and to the world. The infinite variety of popular culture offers a democracy of choices. The memorable objects and ideas in this exhibition are a sampling of more than a century of collecting at the Smithsonian.
This exhibition features:
  • Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz”
  • Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis’ boxing gloves
  • a boom box owned by hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy

Smithsonian National Museum of American History