Smithsonian National Museum of American History's food artifacts

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History preserves and displays iconic objects related to American food culture, including Julia Child's kitchen, installed to illustrate mid-20th-century domestic cooking. The museum's collection also includes a lunch counter associated with the 1960 sit-ins, an artifact used to interpret the history of segregation in American dining. These exhibits are used to document how food, kitchens, and eating places intersect with broader social and cultural history in the United States.