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605 Market Street
Lafayette, OR 97127
Phone: (503) 864-2308
Contact: Carolyn Meeker, President
Email:
Hours: June 1 - Sept 1, Wed, Fri & Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM. Sept 2 - May 31, Wed & Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM.
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Oregon Museums Association / Willamette Valley / Yamhill County Historical Museum
Yamhill County Historical Museum
http://www.yamhillcountyhistory.org/
Admission: Adults $2, Children (11-17) $1, Children under 10 with adult, free. Members, free. Group tours available upon request. For more information, call (503) 472-5130.
Please note that there are two sites for the Yamhill County Historical Society & Museum:
The Historic Lafayette Site is located at:
605 Market Street, Lafayette, OR 97127
Mailing address: P.O. Box 484, Lafayette, OR 97127
(503) 864-2308.
Open Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 10 am - 4pm.
The McMinnville Site is located at:
11275 SW Durham Lane, McMinnville, OR 97128.
(503) 846-2308
Open for Special Events only.
Harvest Fest, August 8 & 9, 2009 10 am - 3pm, both days.
Founded in 1957, the Yamhill County Historical Society is a not-for-profit educational and public service organization engaged to protect, preserve and share the history and heritage of Yamhill County. An exceptional group of quilts and other textiles dating from the 1850s through the twentieth century, and a beautiful assortment of Native American baskets and tools are among the more than 15,000 items found in the Permanent Collection.
The Ruth Stoller Research Library holds photographs, which document the history of the Yamhill Valley, genealogical, archive and resource materials, as well as books by local and regional authors. The Society offers educational opportunities to local and surrounding communities, including outreach projects such as the Covered Wagon Program, which features a full size reproduction of a covered wagon filled with hands-on equipment and operated by educators dressed in period clothing who conduct hands-on learning activities.
In spring 2007, t he Society broke ground on a 12-acre multi-phased complex made possible through a generous land donation from the Kauer and McPhillips families. The new site is located at 11275 SW Durham Lane on Highway 18, south of McMinnville on the way to Spirit Mountain Casino.
Don Statsny of StansnyBrun Architects, Inc. designed the concept for the new museum complex. Phase one includes expansion of a storage building, and the construction of a 40,000 square foot agriculture building in which to house an incredible fleet of farming artifacts gifted to the Society by Ray Kauer and other Yamhill County vintage equipment collectors. Once the Agriculture Building is complete, operations will begin at the new site. Phases two and three, in the planning stages, will include multi-use buildings, and holdings currently at the historic Lafayette site.
For further information about Yamhill County Historical Society & Museum membership, volunteer opportunities, educational programming, the historic Lafayette site or the new museum complex, please email: research@yamhillcountyhistory.org
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