Breaking news for "Breaking Bad" fans who also happen to be museum geeks.
Costumes, alongside other artifacts from the crime drama TV series, have been added to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The "Breaking Bad" cast and crew, along with Sony executives, were present in the commemorative ceremony on Nov. 10. In attendance were cast members Bryan Cranston, RJ Mitte, Aaron Paul Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks, program executive producer and director Vince Gilligan and Sony Pictures Television Chairman Steve Mosko, among others.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History took to Twitter to announce the newly acquired items.
"10 #BreakingBad items join the @amhistorymuseum collection. Sorry #RoofPizza fans, it didn't make the cut," their official account posted.
Included in the collection Walter White's pork pie hat, Walter and Jesse Pinkman's Tyvek suits and gas masks, a bag of blue meth, Hank Schrader's DEA ID card, a "Better Call Saul" matchbook, Marie Schrader's purple corkscrew and Los Pollos Hermanos cups.
Breaking news for #BreakingBad fans: Items from the show join @amhistorymuseum's collection https://t.co/Fr5Wo8uqIj pic.twitter.com/ilPKOZsD2b
— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) November 10, 2015
Donation incl Tyvek suits, @BryanCranston & @aaronpaul_8's gas masks, & more. Note: not on display yet #BreakingBad pic.twitter.com/zUtKxYn3Gj — Smithsonian (@smithsonian) November 10, 2015
It took three years for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to convince Sony executive that the items were perfect for the museum's entertainment section.
"We approached Sony because we felt the show made a real impact on American society, especially with how it dealt with the issue of society's ambivalence," said Dwight Bowers, entertainment curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Mosko shared that during his childhood, he went for an annual visit to the D.C. Museums.
"To come back here to be part of a gift to the Smithsonian is just incredible," he shared at an unofficial cast party.
Meanwhile, Gilligan also had something to say about his new favorite museum.
"If you had told me there'd be crystal meth in the same museum as The Star-Spangled Banner, Thomas Edison's light bulb, Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch and Dorothy's ruby slippers, I'd have told you you were using too much of Walter White's product," he remarked.
There no concrete plans to display the objects anytime soon, but there is a possibility that they will be featured in a 2018 exhibit on American culture.
