The “spacecraft” that delivered Parliament-Funkadelic to many a stage has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution.
According to the Washington Post, the Mothership has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where it will help anchor a permanent music exhibition when the museum opens its doors in 2015.
“With large iconic objects like this, we can tap into . . . themes of movement and liberation that are a constant in African-American culture,” the museum’s Dwandalyn R. Reece told the Post. “The Mothership as this mode of transport really fits into this musical trope in African American culture about travel and transit.”
No word yet on how the Mothership will be placed in the museum. Will they have to tear the roof off the sucker?