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Football Treasures: Artifacts from the 1880s to the Present

Explore football in the Smithsonian's collections with items dating from the late 1880s to the present, including sheet music, memorabilia, football inspired art, and unusual artifacts.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of African American History and Culture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

sports uniforms 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 3 Filter by term Exclude term
jerseys 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Admission tickets 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Balls (object genre) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Booklets 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Footballs (balls for sports) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Helmets 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Pigment Print 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 9 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 14 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 4 Filter by term Exclude term
San Francisco 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Pasadena 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Alameda 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Asia 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Bergen County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
China 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing - Sports Uniforms 5 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Family & Social Life 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Football 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Football 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Athletes 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing and dress 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Architecture 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Artifact Walls exhibit 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cityscapes 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 7 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Ticket to Super Bowl XXII

Football, used in Super Bowl XIV

Program from the first Los Angeles Rams home game

Game Football 1989 LA Raiders vs. New York Jets

33c San Francisco 49ers single

Tim Brown & Jerry Rice, 2002

Football jersey signed by Colin Kaepernick

Pair of football cleats signed by Colin Kaepernick

Untitled, from the Los Angeles Documentary Project

Rose Bowl Pinback Button

Program for the 1971 Rose Bowl, Stanford University vs. Ohio State University

Don Shula

University of San Francisco jersey worn by Ollie Matson

Helmet for the San Francisco 49ers worn by Jerry Rice

Ben Roethlisberger

Jersey signed by Jerry Rice

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