Collection Spotlights

View curated sets of collection items. Many of the collection items feature stories from our experts and curators.

print showing the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the U.S. Capitol 1776 to 1976

1976 Bicentennial of American Independence

Apple 1 computer keyboard

1976: A Year in the Collections

Apple II 1977

1977: A Year in the Collections

disco lunch box

1978: A Year in the Collections

men in baseball uniforms

1979: A Year in the Collections

California Raisin ad campaign

1980s: A Decade in the Collections

yellow hat with solar panel saying 1982 World'd Fair

1982: A Year in the Collections

America Online installation disc

1990s: A Decade in the Collections

Print depicting a line of people and animals crossing a desert

19th Century Survey Prints

Millennios Cheerios cereal box with 2000 spelled out in cereal

2000: A Year in the Collections

Year of the Rat stamp.

2020: Year of the Rat

Year of the Ox 32 cent stamp

2021: Year of the Ox

Year of the Tiger postage stamp

2022: Year of the Tiger

Year of the Rabbit postage stamp

2023: Year of the Rabbit

Year of the Dragon postage stamp

2024: Year of the Dragon

34 cent Year of the Snake postage stamp

2025: Year of the Snake

Year of the Horse 34 cent postage stamp

2026: Year of the Horse

Year of the Ram Lunar New Year postage stamp

2027: Year of the Goat

39c Lunar New Year: Monkey single

2028: Year of the Monkey

39c Lunar New Year: Rooster single

2029: Year of the Rooster

Lunar New Year stamp with a dog

2030: Year of the Dog

Year of the Pig postage stamp

2031: Year of the Pig

3D model of Neil Armstrong's spacesuit, helmet, and gloves

3D Objects

Poet in her kitchen

A Celebration of Poetry in the Collections

Blue Beach from the SAAM

A Day at the Beach

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