Free Family Day 2nd Saturdays each month,
10:00 a.m -2:00 p.m.

Upcoming Activities:

March 13: This month, find out about quilting and make your own quilt patterns with volunteers from the Westside Quilters Guild. Dress up in pioneer clothing and play with traditional toys such as Jacobs Ladders and pop-guns.

Local artists from the printmaking non-profit Print Arts Northwest will lead the art activities including "good luck books" with stamping, leprechaun Marionettes, green shamrock bookmarks, paper bag puppets. Free admission, cookies and juice. Donations welcome. Join us for a fun-filled day packed with art and history activities.

April 10: Celebrate Semana de la Raza with cloth doll making and a Hispanic heritage display. Make your own kite with a variety of fun designs to choose from.

May 8: Pioneer dress up, crafts for spring. Make your own butterfly art and do fish printing.

June 12: Learn about historic photography and quilting. Summer themed arts and crafts activities.

Free Admission. Donations Welcome. Sponsored in part by the PGE Foundation and Beaverton Bakery.

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On third Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m., you won't want to miss our popular lecture program. Read More>>

March 04, 2010- 7:00 p.m.
Special Event: Lincoln and the American West with Dr. Richard Etulain More than 16,000 books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, more than on any other American, but not one provides a thorough overview of Lincoln's strong connections to the American West. This slide-illustrated presentation deals with several links that tied Lincoln to the West--during his pre-presidential and presidential years. Slavery and its controversies, territorial expansion, and political competitions were Lincoln's first dealings with the West. Later, western politics and patronage, railroads, land policies, and military decisions also linked the president to the trans- Mississippi West. Finally, he also had to deal with western upsets involving Indians and Mormons. Another section of the talk treats Lincoln's intriguing ties to Oregon. The talk is based on the speaker's new book, Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific (2010). Read More>>

March 17, 2010 - 3:30 p.m.
Photographic archiving expert Brina Bolanz will teach us how to date our personal photographic collections in “Photo Dating: Costumes & Hairstyles 1840-1900.” Read More>>

PAN Third Thursdays

Holiday print show now on display. Join us each month for wine, refreshments and the opening of a new print exhibit from Print Arts Northwest. Read More>>

Scout Saturdays (and Wednesdays!) back in Session

Scout sessions have returned on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month throughout the school year. New! Scout Wednesdays are now available on the 1st Wed of each month. Read More>>

Exhibits Celebrate Native American Heritage

Unveiling never before seen artifacts from our collection, This Kalapuya Land explores the lives and culture of Native Americans living within the Willamette Valley. Please click here to learn more about the exhibit, or click here to read an article on the history of the Kalapuya in Washington County.