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How Smithsonian Selects, Rejects Donations [audio 4 minutes and 3 seconds]

The Smithsonian Institution announced this week it won't accept a donation of the suit worn by O.J. Simpson on the day of his murder acquittal. Lonnie G. Bunch, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, discusses how proposed donated objects are sorted though for acceptance and rejection at the institution.
Read entire article at NPR - All Things Considered