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A History of Marketing Food to Children.
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See how your food choices impact your health and our planet’s health.
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Short videos, from serious to hilarious, reflect food’s major role in diverse films.
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From cooking to synthetic food additives, human creativity has changed the world for better and for worse.
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A History of Marketing Food to Children.
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See how your food choices impact your health and our planet’s health.
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Short videos, from serious to hilarious, reflect food’s major role in diverse films.
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From cooking to synthetic food additives, human creativity has changed the world for better and for worse.
History • Culture • Nutrition • Farming • Climate Change/Environment • Social Justice • Animal Welfare
The National Food Museum spurs visitors to see food in a new light, envisioning a world where food and how it is grown contribute to healthy people, a sustainable planet, and a more vibrant culture.
Featured Articles and Reports
Our Mission
To celebrate and explore the transformative power of food to nourish people and our planet.
Food is culture, it is health, it is the environment, and it is community. The new food museum will celebrate the power of food to uplift, nourish, and inspire - and encourage us to come together to promote good health and protect our planet.
- Chef José Andrés
At the Museum
Future Exhibition Topics
How Food Can Enhance – or Undermine – Health
Delicious Diets—Imported from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe
Industrialized Animal Agriculture
Sugar, Sugar... The Silent Killer
Six People Who Changed How We Eat - For Better or Worse
Food Cultures Around the World
History and Future of the Human Diet
What people are saying
Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation


