Elba Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Dec. 16.
IT’S OFFICIAL! Elba will host the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition
WATERWAYS
Dates TBD
—the oldest traveling exhibition operation in the world—is the Smithsonian Institution’s main exhibits ambassador beyond Washington, D.C. For more than 65 years, the organization has traveled approximately 40 exhibitions annually to hundreds of U.S. cities and towns from coast to coast, where they are viewed by millions of people. Every day across the country, the Smithsonian’s singular role as keeper of America’s shared national heritage.
On behalf of small-town USA, where resources to national cultural programming are especially limited, THE SMITHSONIAN (SITES) initiated Museum on Main Street.
We are working in conjunction with the AL Humanities Foundation.
Original source can be found here.
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