Benton County Museum: the first thirty years

Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 10am4:30pm
Benton County Historical Museum
1101 Main Street
Philomath Oregon 97370
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The Benton County Historical Museum is celebrating its 30th birthday with an exhibition of remarkable objects from the artifact, photography and archival document collections. The exhibition will be open July 23-September 5, 2010, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 – 4:30.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist Darrel Austin’s painting “Machine” is included in the show at the Moreland Auditorium. Other objects include a 1933 Civil Conservation Corps photo scrapbook, National Archery Champion Gilman Keasey’s yew bow and arrow, Oregon trail pioneer artifacts, oral history dvds from the Starker Forest Community History Project, and fine art by artists including George Green, Stev Ominski, Earl Newman, Caroline Buchanan, Bill Schumway, Ede Schenkel and Marcie Yukiko Amano.

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