--- description: The Heisenberg hat and other key artifacts will live permanently in the Smithsonian. title: 'Breaking Bad' Donates Meth to the Smithsonian image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6471189408de571/69887074cf40a8ab91c40999/gettyimages-496555592.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Breaking Bad_ Donates Meth to the Smithsonian by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 11:01 PM CUT  Actor Bryan Cranston speaks with his "The Heisenberg Hat" on during a donation ceremony of artifacts from AMC's "Breaking Bad" show at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington DC on Nov. 10, 2015 Actor Bryan Cranston speaks with his "The Heisenberg Hat" on during a donation ceremony of artifacts from AMC's "Breaking Bad" show at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington DC on Nov. 10, 2015Kris Connor—Getty Images by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 11:01 PM CUT _Breaking Bad_ has already cemented its reputation as one of the greatest TV dramas of all time. So, does Walter White’s hat belong in a museum? Damn right it does. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History received key artifacts from AMC’s mesmerizing drug drama on Tuesday at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., that was attended by _Bad_ stars Bryan Cranston, who starred as unlikely meth kingpin Walter White, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks, and RJ Mitte, as well as creator Vince Gilligan and other producers. Sony Pictures Television donated more than 10 objects from the 2008–2013 critically acclaimed series that claimed 16 Emmys, including the Heisenberg pork pie hat, Tyvek suits, gas masks, Los Pollos Hermanos cups, a Heisenberg sketch from “No Mas,” Hank Schrader’s DEA I.D. badge, a Better Call Saul matchbook, a purple corkscrew used by Hank’s wife, Marie, and, yes, a bag of 99.1 percent pure blue meth. While you won’t see the _Breaking Bad_ objects on display in the near future, the museum is planning a 2018 exhibition about American culture that will be culled from its theater, music, sports, and entertainment archives. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/11/breaking-bad-smithsonian-donation "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/"},"headline":"Breaking Bad Donates Meth to the Smithsonian","datePublished":"2015-11-11T23:01:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:32:15.657Z","description":"The prop drugs, the Heisenberg hat and other key artifacts will live permanently in the Smithsonian","url":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad","Smithsonian","donation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6471189408de571/69887074cf40a8ab91c40999/gettyimages-496555592.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6471189408de571/69887074cf40a8ab91c40999/gettyimages-496555592.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Smithsonian's National Museum of American History \"Breaking Bad\" Collection","caption":"Smithsonian's National Museum of American History \"Breaking Bad\" Collection","creditText":"Kris Connor—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/","name":"Breaking Bad Donates Meth to the Smithsonian"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold","description":"With Premiere Props Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII set to sell some impressive Hollywood memorabilia, TIME looks back on how much some of the most iconic movie props have fetched.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6TcJ3ReX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-21T23:59:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6TcJ3ReX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/","duration":"PT2M48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4109392/breaking-bad-meth-smithsonian/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```