Raisins were a hard sell in the early 80s..but the smooth crooning of the California Raisins made it look so easy. National Museum of American History curators have the knowledge and artifacts to take you way back! Watch the new episode of This Object in History right here on Facebook: #Smithsonian80s | Smithsonian Channel

Do raisins and Motown go hand-in-hand? Erm, well, yes. The California Raisins blazed across 1980s TV screens to the tune of Motown classic ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine'. It was a shocking success! Take a trip back to the 1980s with National Museum of American History and their California Raisins artifacts in This Object in History, airing here on Facebook this Thursday at 10 AM. #Smithsonian80s | Smithsonian Channel