Smithsonian + Verizon

The Smithsonian Institution has partnered with Verizon 5G Labs to create narrated augmented reality (AR) experiences which tell stories of race, culture, and our shared future centered on Smithsonian collection objects, which have been digitized by the Smithsonian Digitization Program Office. These experiences, like all Smithsonian 3D digitized content, are available to view in AR, letting you see the objects in your own environment, as if you were standing right next to them.

Select the "AR" button in the top left of the 3D viewer to open your camera, and make sure to select the person speaking icon while in AR to hear about these objects from the Smithsonian's subject matter experts.

Scan the QR codes below with your smartphone to jump in!

QR code for Roberto Clemente Batting Helmet Roberto Clemente Batting Helmet

Roberto Clemente Batting Helmet

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1960
The batting helmet, made of fiberglass and painted with black and yellow, belonged to Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente as part of his 18-year tenure on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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QR code for Roberto Clemente Pittsbugh Pirates jersey Roberto Clemente Pittsbugh Pirates jersey

Roberto Clemente Pittsbugh Pirates jersey

Roberto Clemente Pittsbugh Pirates jersey, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970
Roberto Clemente was an ultimate game changer in Major League Baseball and his jersey is one of the most sought after and high-profile objects in the Smithsonian's sports collection at the National Museum of American History.

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QR code for Red Native American Prom Dress Red Native American Prom Dress

Red Native American Prom Dress

Red Native American Prom Dress
Choctaw activist, Cornell collaborated with designer Della BigHair-Stump (Crow) to design this dress, which she wore to her prom in 2018. She used the dress to call attention to the national epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States.

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QR code for Minnijean Brown Trickey’s 1959 High School Graduation Dress Minnijean Brown Trickey’s 1959 High School Graduation Dress

Minnijean Brown Trickey’s 1959 High School Graduation Dress

Minnijean Brown Trickey’s 1959 High School Graduation Dress
Civil Rights leader Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, wore this dress to her high school graduation in 1959. She graduated from New Lincoln School in New York City, after being assaulted in Arkansas. The dress expressed Brown’s sense of beauty and dignity at her graduation.

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QR code for El Camino Junior High School Titans Hoodie, Santa Maria, California, United States, ca 2007 El Camino Junior High School Titans Hoodie, Santa Maria, California, United States, ca 2007

El Camino Junior High School Titans Hoodie, Santa Maria, California, United States, ca 2007

El Camino Junior High School Titans Hoodie, Santa Maria, California, United States, ca 2007
Ramirez wore this hoodie and bandana while picking produce in California as a teenager. The hoodie and bandana protected her from the harsh conditions in the field: the sun, dust, fertilizers and pesticides.