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June 17, 2015  |  Collection & Exhibitions, Design
MoMA Acquires the Rainbow Flag
The Rainbow Flag waving in the wind at San Francisco's Castro District. Photo: Benson Kua. Image used through Wikimedia Commons

The Rainbow Flag waving in the wind at San Francisco’s Castro District. Photo: Benson Kua. Image used through Wikimedia Commons

We’re thrilled to announce that MoMA has acquired the iconic Rainbow Flag into its design collection, where it joins similarly universal symbols such as the @ symbol, the Creative Commons logo, and the recycling symbol. Artist Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Flag in 1978 in San Francisco. Just a few days ago, he met Michelle Millar Fisher in MoMA’s offices to record an interview for the MoMA Archives, part of which is transcribed here.