Smithsonian acquires Osgood’s jacket

June 9, 2021, The Smithsonian issued a “Museum Moment” press release noting that Chris Osgood’s Commando motorcycle jacket had been added to the collection of the National Museum of American History, as well as a “Your Pal Chris Osgood” guitar pick. Osgood’s jacket and guitar pick “speak evocatively to the establishment of a global aesthetic of punk, established in a synergy of local scenes and community movements, from the Twin Cities to New York City and London,” explains the museum’s Curator of American Music, John W. Troutman, adding that through the collection of these objects, the museum can “further develop its representation of Minneapolis’s diverse and extraordinarily significant music communities.”