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Objects of the Week Archive

Object of the Week for February 15

Heart for Valentine's Day

This is an early prototype for the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. The left and right chambers of the heart are connected with Velcro©. The electrohydrolic heart was featured on the cover of LIFE Magazine, September 1981.

"Stop in the Name of Love" at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival