Museum and Historic Site Signs

Museum and Historic Site signs consist of a brown sign panel with white letters giving the name of a qualified Museum or Historic Site together with directional information.

Museum and Historic Site signs may be installed along non-interstate, rural highways, but not in urban areas.

Naturally, the signs are not only valuable to the motorist, but also to the businesses featured on the signs. While businesses may look at highway signs as a form of advertising or promotion, the signs are in fact classified as official traffic control devices and are regulated by Federal and State laws.

The Travel Information Council established this program in 1991 to help visitors find Oregon’s historical attractions and to be consistent with the nationally recognized colors of white on brown for cultural and historical signs.