History
Lydia Herrick Hodge founded the Museum in 1937, with donated materials and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. Originally called the Oregon Ceramic Studio, the studio building first opened in 1938. Lydia Herrick Hodge led the OCC as the studio director from 1937 until her death in 1960. The Oregon Ceramic Studio hosted several exhibitions and participated in design campaigns crucial to the cultivation of the Northwest's legacy of craft.
Throughout its history, The Museum of Contemporary Craft has gone by several names, including; Contemporary Crafts Gallery 1965, Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery 2002, and Museum of Contemporary Craft 2007.
Today the organization functions primarily as a museum and as a resource for the community. It houses a growing collection, of over 1000 objects that document the active role of both the Museum and the Pacific Northwest in the evolution of craft over the past seven decades.
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