In 1961, 736 precious objects, packed in 80 large crates, were loaded onto a military vessel in Keelung, shipped across the Pacific and exhibited in five major American museums in a tour sponsored by the National Palace Museum under the auspices of the presidents of both the Republic of China and the United States.
民國五十年時，由故宮主辦，中美兩國元首為監護人，廿三大箱、二百五十二件文物在基隆碼頭登上軍艦、穿越太平洋，在美國五大博物館巡迴展出。