Stories from past to present

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Exhibitions for the whole community – exploring history, culture, and art.

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Corvallis Museum
November 23, 2024
- March 16, 2025
FRED & MARY BRAUTI GALLERY
Often called friendship quilts, signature quilts, or memory quilts, in the United States the tradition of quilts to memorialize friends, relatives, and communities began in the 1840s. ...
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Philomath Museum
January 8, 2025
- February 2, 2025
HISTORY GALLERY
“Am I An American or Am I Not?” explores the mass incarceration of over 125,000 Japanese Americans in WWII through stories of solidarity, loyalty, resistance, and resilience. ...
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Philomath Museum
January 18, 2025
- March 9, 2025
MORELAND GALLERY
While they work in different styles, both Rip Cronk and George D. Green use techniques of illusion in their artwork to force viewers to consider the world a little differently. ...
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Permanent Exhibits

Delve into Benton County's fascinating history

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Corvallis Museum

JAMES & ASHNAH PLUNKETT and WAYNE & VERLYNE PHILLIPS GALLERIES

This exhibition features some surprising artifacts that were formerly held at Oregon State University’s Horner Museum.
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Corvallis Museum

PETER & ROSALIE JOHNSON GALLERY

Objects and photos have been selected to represent communities from Monroe to Summit, from Alsea to North Albany, and places in between.
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Corvallis Museum

MARY C. VERHOEVEN GALLERY

Hats & Chairs is an artistic display of carefully-chosen pairs of familiar and unusual pieces of furniture and headwear.
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Corvallis Museum

ANN & RON MAREK GALLERY

Bruce the Moose, Jim the Fix’r sign, and story of John Horner, founder of the former Horner Museum, are featured in the lobby.
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Corvallis Museum

RACKHAM & KING FAMILY HALLWAY, TINA LUSKEY & JACK W. PETERS STAIRWAY GALLERY, MILTON SHERMAN WOODCOCK & EMMA SIMPSON WOODCOCK HALLWAY

Our wall galleries give us an opportunity to share assorted small objects from our collection. …

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