The acquisitions desk

Suggest an Artifact

Every great museum is built on donations. If there's a famous quote you suspect the world is remembering wrong — the one your dad always says, the poster in the break room, the line everyone attributes to Einstein — donate it to the collection. Our researchers will trace the evidence and authenticate it.

If your suggestion becomes an exhibit, we'll credit you on the placard — the way museums have always honored their donors.

The quote as you've heard it (required)

Who it's attributed to (required)

Why do you suspect it's wrong — or where did you hear it?

Email, if you'd like credit when it becomes an exhibit

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Donate to the collection

Suggestions go straight to our researchers. We only use your email to credit you — nothing else, unless you also subscribe.

What happens next? Every donation goes through the same pipeline as our own discoveries: duplicate check, research, evidence ranking, and a Museum Standards review. Only artifacts that clear the full gauntlet go on display — see How We Know.