| Artifacts | Museum |
| ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz/Abraham Lincoln's top hat/flag that inspired Star-Spangled Banner | |
| Pioneer Zephyr/U-505 German submarine/Apollo 8 Spacecraft | |
| Rosa Parks bus/car in which J.F.K. was assassinated/the chair from Ford's Theatre in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated | |
| Wright Flyer/Spirit of St. Louis/Apollo 11 command module | |
| Starry Night/Campbell's Soup Cans/The Persistance of Memory | |
| Sue/Lions of Tsavo/Lyuba | |
| Enola Gay/Space Shuttle Enterprise*/Gemini VII Capsule | |
| Washington Crosses the Delaware/The Great Wave off Kanagawa/ Vincent Van Gogh: Self-Portrait with Straw Hat | |
| Casablanca piano/real Maltese Falcon/The Dark Knight costumes | |
| American Gothic/Bedroom in Arles/Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte | |