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1101 Main Street
P.O. Box 35
Philomath, OR 97370
541.929.6230
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Oregon 150 Celebration, Feb. 14, 2009

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Online Auction Fundraiser

Since 1951, the Benton County Historical Society has been preserving historical artifacts, photographs, and manuscripts. After Philomath citizens prevented the demolition of the 1867 Philomath College building and placed it on the National Register of Historic Places, The Society opened the building to the public in 1980 as a museum, research library and art gallery.
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Online Auction September 15-30, 2008
Posted: 08/01/2008
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LBCC Benton Center Faculty Art
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Writing Workshop and Art Classes
Posted: 07/02/2008
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Research History Online
Posted: 05/30/2008
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Kenneth Munford online

2009 County Quilters Show
Quilt County 2009
Celebrate Oregon 150

Quilt Raffle:
Quilt Raffle benefit fundraiser
Mary's River Quilt Guild Raffle

Bruce The Moose

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 Horner Museum Moose, Oregon

Philomath Campus

The Society continues to protect our cultural and historical heritage. In 2005, the Society accepted the responsibility of preserving the Horner Collection, formerly owned by Oregon State University. To house this vast collection and the Society's accumulation of important historical objects, the Society built a 13,500 square foot Collections Care Facility in 2007 on the Philomath campus for its growing collection of over 100,000 objects.

Philomath College Building
Philomath College building now houses Benton County Historical Society Museum
Home to Benton County Historical Society & Museum, The History Center, and the Moreland Auditorium/Gallery. Built in three phases (1867, 1905 & 1907) the building served as Philomath College, Evangelical United Bretheren & United Methodist churches.
Museum
Annex
E. U. B. Parsonage on the Former Grounds of Philomath College, now known as the "Museum Annex"
Home to Benton County Genealogical Society and the Marys River Quilt Guild. This building was built in 1949 as a church parsonage.

Collections Care Facility
Museum Collections Care Facility
Secure, climate controlled, environment for artifact care, storage and exhibit development.
Corvallis
Museum
Corvallis Museum in the planning stage
Future Building
being planned
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© 2008 Benton County Historical Society & Museum
Philomath, Oregon
Benton County Historical Society enriches the human spirit by creating learning opportunities, stimulating imaginations, and presenting ideas that recall the past, inform the present and inspire the future. Through collections, programs and scholarship, we explore with our visitors the dynamics of our region in relationship to the world.