{"id":793991,"date":"2026-07-23T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/793991\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:30:18","slug":"the-knicks-nba-championship-trophy-is-on-view-at-nycs-amnh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/793991\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knicks’ NBA championship trophy is on view at NYC’s AMNH"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOOP, there it is!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s bigger than a T. rex<\/a>, at least according to New Yorkers at the American Museum of Natural History<\/a>? The New York Knicks<\/a>\u2018 NBA Championship trophy, a 29-pound hunk of hard-won metal that will soon go on display at the Upper West Side landmark.<\/p>\n

Starting this Monday, July 27, the NBA\u2019s famous Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy will hit the ground floor at the AMNH, giving hoops-hungry New Yorkers a chance to bask in the team\u2019s hard-won victory. <\/p>\n

\"JalenThe Knicks\u2019 championship trophy is headed to the American Museum of Natural History. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Tiffany & Co.-crafted trophy, a roughly 30-pound tower of sterling silver and gold vermeil shaped like a basketball dropping through a net, will stay parked at the museum through January 3, part of the AMNH\u2019s blockbuster \u201cFor the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence\u201d exhibit. <\/p>\n

For Knicks die-hards who\u2019ve waited more than half a century for this moment, it\u2019s a chance to extend the glory of the June 13 triumph, and to see the thrilling win in a more historic light.<\/p>\n

Housed in the museum\u2019s Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, the show also hosts the New York Liberty\u2019s 2024 WNBA championship trophy, a Babe Ruth Crown honoring Yankees great Yogi Berra, and Giants legend Justin Tuck\u2019s diamond-studded 2008 Super Bowl ring.<\/p>\n

Also among the 70 display pieces: One of track star Jesse Owens\u2019 historic 1936 Olympic gold medals, the NFL\u2019s Vince Lombardi Trophy and the championship belt of boxer and MMA fighter Claressa Shields.<\/p>\n

\"NBAThe trophy was created by New York institution Tiffany & Co. Lev Radin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cExcellence is rare,\u201d said exhibit curator Vikki Tobak. \u201cThe objects in this exhibition are a celebration of the culture of winning\u2014tangible reminders of the great athletes and champions who made greatness something the rest of us could see.\u201d <\/p>\n

And, in the case of the Knicks, something the rest of us could use as an excuse to climb the streetlights<\/a> on lower Broadway in celebration.<\/p>\n

The sports memorabilia<\/a> might be priceless, but the viewing is a bargain: Entry into the \u201cFor the Win\u201d exhibit is included with general museum admission, meaning New Yorkers can knock out dinosaur bones, whale statues, and brand-new basketball bragging rights in a single trip to West 79th Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOOP, there it is! What\u2019s bigger than a T. rex, at least according to New Yorkers at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[95878,7,304,1943,20784,6,56381,1136,191,3810,3806,95879],"class_list":["post-793991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-american-museum-of-natural-history","tag-basketball","tag-knicks","tag-lifestyle","tag-museums","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs-2026","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks","tag-tiffany-co"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116970483205869152","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}