Pinback button stating "The National African American Museum is coming...": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Square pinback button featuring a black and white image of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries building. To the left of the black and white photograph is red type that reads, [THE / NATIONAL / AFRICAN / AMERICAN / MUSEUM / Is coming…]. Border of button's back has red type on all sides that reads, [DESIGNED AS THE NATION'S FIRST / MUSEUM, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM / COMPLETED 1881, RENAMED ARTS / AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING 1916].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1995
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Smithsonian Institution, American, founded 1846
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2016.124
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lonnie G. Bunch III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.