Smithsonian Comes to Kerrville

Spark! Places of Innovation, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program, has chosen the KACC for its first stop for its Texas Tour May 16-June 28, 2026. Only six venues in Texas were chosen to host the exhibit.

Spark! will is an exhibit that dives into innovation and invention happening in rural America. In small towns across America, people are creating new products, taking risks, meeting challenges together, and seizing upon exciting opportunities that change local life and sometimes reach far beyond. Spark! features stories from over 30 rural communities across the nation that reveal the dynamic relationship between place and creativity. Technical, social, cultural, artistic, or a combination of all of these—every innovation is as unique as each community. 

KACC is working with the Heart of the Hills Heritage Center, Butt Holdsworth Library, the Kerr County Historical Commission and other local organizations to build a companion exhibit to celebrate the innovations, both current and historical, that were developed within our own community.

Spark! Places of Innovation is part of MoMS, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, state humanities councils across the nation, and local host organizations. To learn more, visit www.museumonmainstreet.org.