The Smoking Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution has welcomed financial support from America’s leading cigarette manufacturer for four decades.
“The Marlboro History Advertising Collection” (2 pages)
Brochure
Smithsonian Institution Archives Center
1988
“Go! Go! Go!”
Advertisement by Philip Morris Incorporated for the exhibition “Champions of American Sport” at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The New York Times
1982
$1 million in support from Altria Group
Advertisement by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
The New York Times
September 23, 2016
“MILESTONE DONORS $1 MILLION AND ABOVE: ALTRIA GROUP”
Photograph by Alan Blum, MD of Donor Recognition Wall
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
2019
“Visual Music” (3-page excerpt)
Brochure of exhibition sponsored by Altria Group
Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution
2005
Champions of American Sport (4-page excerpt)
Exhibition brochure
The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago Historical Society; The California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles; The American Museum of Natural History, New York
Sponsored by Philip Morris Incorporated
1981-1982
Champions of American Sport (3-page excerpt)
Exhibition book written and edited by Marc Pachter
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York
1981
“Philip Morris Incorporated, through its corporate support of art, has helped to mine our country’s rich lode of history for insights into our national traits…This exhibition is one of a kind, and we are glad we came to the game.” –Excerpt of Foreword
George Weissman
Chairman of the Board
Philip Morris Incorporated
“MEMORY AND METAPHOR: THE ART OF ROMARE BEARDEN”
Advertisement by Philip Morris Companies Incorporated for an exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Washington Post
November 6, 1992