Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
The tiny, secret art museum we sent to the Moon — and how it got there
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

The tiny, secret art museum we sent to the Moon — and how it got there

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 11, 2025
∙ Paid
3

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
The tiny, secret art museum we sent to the Moon — and how it got there
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

Image: Chatty G

In 1969, a tiny ceramic wafer containing artwork by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and others was reportedly smuggled aboard Apollo 12. The Moon Museum is a tiny ceramic wafer (less than an inch in size) containing artwork by six prominent artists of the 1960s:

The story behind this secret art mission is just as compelling as the art it…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Boing Boing to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
A guest post by
Ellsworth Toohey
Contributor to Boing Boing
Subscribe to Ellsworth
© 2025 Happy Mutants LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More