Today in Smithsonian History: February 14, 1966

Dennis Gould, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service director, making a final check of crates at the Smithsonian’s 24th Street facility. (Photographer unknown, as featured in the Torch, May 1974.)

February 14, 1966 The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service is transferred from the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the National Museum of American Art, under whose jurisdiction it had been since 1952, to the United States National Museum. The scope of  traveling exhibitions begins expanding into crafts, history, technology, science and education.

SITES has been sharing the wealth of Smithsonian collections and research programs with millions of people outside of Washington, DC, for more than 50 years. SITES specializes in creating three dimensional, full-scale exhibition “packages” containing objects, images, and interpretive text. Many exhibitions also include cases, freestanding display units, and computer and audiovisual equipment.

Museum on Main Street (MoMS) is a special partnership of the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide that serves the small-town museums and citizens of rural America.

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