Smithsonian Adds Breaking Bad Artifacts to National Collections

Smithsonian Adds Breaking Bad Artifacts to National Collections

WHAT: Cast and key production personnel from Sony Pictures Television's award-winning TV series Breaking Bad will donate memorabilia to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Note: Media must RSVP by emailing duffl@si.edu

WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 10

5 p.m. (media check-in: 4:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center)

WHERE: Hall of Music, third floor

National Museum of American History

Madison Drive entrance, between 12th and 14th streets N.W.

WHO: John Gray, director, National Museum of American History

Dwight Blocker Bowers, entertainment curator, National Museum of American History

Steve Mosko, chairman, Sony Pictures Television

Vince Gilligan, creator and executive producer, Breaking Bad
Cast members from Breaking Bad:


-- Bryan Cranston, "Walter White"
-- Aaron Paul, "Jesse Pinkman"
-- Dean Norris, "Hank Schrader"
-- Jonathan Banks, "Mike Erhmantraut"
-- RJ Mitte, "Walter White Jr."
In a ceremony, the National Museum of American History will accept a donation of objects from Sony Pictures Television's acclaimed television drama Breaking Bad. Creator Vince Gilligan and star Bryan Cranston will present objects from the show, including the "Heisenberg" hat worn by Cranston's character Walter White and the Tyvek suits and gas masks used by Walt and Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman in their lab.

Breaking Bad (2008-2013) follows the downward spiral of a terminally ill, financially stressed chemistry teacher as he begins to make and distribute methamphetamine. The series, which aired on AMC, uses Walt's trajectory from family provider to drug kingpin to reflect the moral ambiguity of contemporary society and the dark side of the American Dream, according to curator Dwight Blocker Bowers. The show and its cast received numerous accolades, including 12 primetime Emmys, four creative arts Emmys and two Golden Globes.



Media only: Laura Duff (202) 633-3129; duffl@si.edu
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SOURCE Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History


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