Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which TV character's chair is on display at the Smithsonian Institution?"
...The chair belongs to Archie Bunker, the blunt, outspoken patriarch from All in the Family. Purchased by the show's set designer at a Goodwill thrift store, the chair became a visual symbol of the show’s working-class setting and its fearless approach to controversial social issues. When producer Norman Lear believed the series was ending after its eighth season, he donated the chair to the Smithsonian Institution. After discovering the show was renewed for a ninth season, he had to spend thousands of dollars to have a replica made for the final season.
