What is the most valuable item in a museum?

Here are seven of the most expensive artifacts that can be found around the world:

• Greywacke Statue Tribute to Isis.
• Harrington Commode.
• Goddard-Townsend Antique Secretary Desk.
• Pinner Qing Dynasty Vase.
• Rosetta Stone.
• Diamond Panther Bracelet.
• Napoleon’s Gold-Encrusted Sword.

What is the most popular sample in the Smithsonian collection?

The largest single collection is Natural History’s invertebrate zoology collection with more than 49.8 million specimens, ranging from corals and vent worms to parasites and squid.

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• 1 of 5 Southern Railway Locomotive “1401”
• 2 of 5 Greensboro Lunch Counter.
• 3 of 5 Julia Child’s Kitchen.
• 4 of 5 Star-Spangled Banner.
• 5 of 5 Abraham Lincoln’s Top Hat.

What are some artifacts in the Smithsonian?

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• 1903 Wright Flyer.
• Black Gold I.
• Command Module, Apollo 11.
• Abraham Lincoln’s Top Hat.
• Hope Diamond.
• Archie Bunker’s Chair from All in the Family.
• Teapot made by Peter Bentzon.
• Kermit the Frog Puppet.

What is the oldest item in the Smithsonian?

Studded with molten clumps of minerals (chondrules) distributed like currants in a fruitcake, the Allende meteorite, as it came to be known, contains the oldest material in the Smithsonian Institution, or any institution.

What’s the most expensive thing ever stolen?

The daring thief hid in a broom cupboard and snatched the painting when the museum was shut. Missing for two years, the Mona Lisa was recovered in 1913 and returned to the Louvre in 1914. Worth at least $2 billion (£1.55m) in today’s money, it’s hands down the most expensive individual object ever stolen.

Which Smithsonian has jewels?

the National Museum of Natural History
The Smithsonian’s mineral and gem collection at the National Museum of Natural History consists of approximately 350,000 mineral specimens and 10,000 gems, making it one of the largest of its kind in the world.

What is the oldest artifact in the Smithsonian?

What is the most popular Smithsonian museum?

Among the Smithsonian museums and institutions in the United States, the National Museum of Natural History was the most visited Smithsonian museum in 2020, with approximately 573 thousand visits.

How many Smithsonian museums are there?

19 museums
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoological Park (see list below).

How many items are in the Smithsonian?

The Smithsonian currently holds 155.5 million objects/specimens, which include artworks, cultural artifacts and scientific specimens.

What museum has the oldest artifacts?

The oldest such museum in evidence was Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum, dating from c. 530 BC and devoted to Mesopotamian antiquities. In 1925, archaeologist Leonard Woolley discovered a curious collection of artefacts while excavating a Babylonian palace.