Exhibits
Permanent exhibits at the museum include: Oregon My Oregon; Battleship Oregon: Bulldog of the Navy; and Oregon Art.
Oregon My Oregon is a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) display covering Oregon’s history from early settlement to current times. Significant items include a reproduction of a ship’ hull, a 1940s era mercantile store, an intact complete lunch counter from a diner, and a 9000 year old sandal. This exhibit won a silver 2005 MUSE Award in the History and Culture category from the American Alliance of Museums for the lunch counter display entitled Modern Oregon Issues.
Battleship Oregon: Bulldog of the Navy, examines the history of the historic ship that bore the state’s name. Made famous by it voyage to Cuba for the Spanish-American War in 1898, the display looks at the impact the ship had on history and the ship’s own history from construction through demise. The exhibit also talks about the captain and life on board the vessel.
Oregon Art is an exhibit that has changing works of art. The exhibit attempts to educate visitors about Oregon artists from pre-statehood times to the present. Artists works include those from Joseph Drayton of the 1841 Wilkes Expedition to Oregon Country.
The museum also houses traveling exhibits such as one commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 2005. In 2001, the center exhibited historic Native American trade blankets from the Dale Chihuly collection. Additionally there are traveling exhibits containing historic photographs.
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