Filipino Club of Salem
Last week (January 24, 2020) the Willamette Heritage Center (WHC) opened a new exhibit looking at the history of clubs and organizations in the [...]
February 2020
Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton
Grebe Synchrophase ad from the October 1924 issue of Radio in the Home magazine. Americanradiohistory.com In February 1925 Cupid delivered a very [...]
Mill Place on the Willamette
Page Under Construction! All links may not yet be live. Check back soon! "Mill Place" on the Willamette: A New Mission House for [...]
Women 2020
An exhibit of women's stories from the Willamette Heritage Center's Collections June 12 - September 5, 2020 In this, the 100th year anniversary [...]
Fred Legg, Lausanne Hall and the Deaconness Hospital
Tale of Two 1920 buildings tell of Salem a Century Ago 100 years ago, Fred Arthur Legg1 was pretty busy. The dawning of the [...]
January 2020
Tapestries by Margaret Kilbuck Johansen (1923-2004)
Memorial Retrospective Exhibit:Tapestries by Margaret Kilbuck Johansen (1923-2004)Coming June 2021 Margaret Kilbuck Johansen Margaret Kilbuck Johansen was a noted fiber artist in [...]
December 2019
Honeywood Winery: Oregon’s Oldest
Explore more of the story of Oregon's oldest operating winery. Follow the story of Honeywood Winery from its birth in the aftermath of the overturn of prohibition to becoming Oregon's only operating commercial winery in the early 1960s.
November 2019
For Sale: Vintage Newspaper Ornaments
We have a limited number of hand-crafted ornaments made from vintage newspapers available for sale in our museum store. Add a little history to [...]
Valley Packing Company
Valley Packing Company 1919-1955 -- Cascade Meats Inc. 1955-1961 The Valley Packing Company and Cascade Meats Inc., located at 2805 Val Pak Drive [...]
1956 Balloon Parade
Dedicated to all children past and present that spent their Thanksgiving morning with eyes glued to the television set watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day [...]