Among the objects added to the museum's collection are a Versace suit that Davis wore at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991, sheet music for Davis and Gil Evans' recording of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, an electronic wind instrument (EWI) used by Davis, a manuscript for Monk's "Four in One," and various articles of Monk's clothing, including one of his signature skull caps.

The museum also announced that photographer Herman Leonard had donated 20 prints of leading jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Dizzy Gillespie.