Division of Performing Arts Established
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PrintDivision of Performing Arts is created to manage and produce programs for the education and aesthetic enjoyment of museum visitors. In its first year, the division arranges twenty-six productions, attended by 604,500 persons, and includes the first Festival of American Folklife.
Division of Performing Arts
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 1, 1967