[Hist_Pres] Oregon City's MOOT announces free admission for scheduled dates and programs

[Lisa Christopher]

Museum of the Oregon
Territory announces free admission for scheduled dates and programs



The March 5 CCHS program coincides with new hat
exhibit opening at Stevens Crawford House

 

The
Clackamas County Historical Society announces the opening of the Museum of the
Oregon Territory (MOOT) for free on scheduled dates beginning on Saturday,
March 5.  MOOT is expected to be open on most* first and third Saturdays of every
month to correspond with the hours of the CCHS library, which is operated by
the Clackamas County Family History Society (CCHFS).

 

MOOT is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and beginning at 6
p.m. Thursday, March 24, for special programs devoted to women, thanks to the
sponsorship of Danielson's Hilltop Mall, Oregon City.

 

The
first program features hat expert LaRee Johnson, author of “Ladies’ Vintage
Accessories,” at 1 p.m. March 5. Johnson will discuss hats as a mirror to
women’s history. She’ll also discuss how to preserve and protect vintage hats. Her appearance corresponds with Women’s History Month in
March.

 

Cheryle Kennedy, chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, will discuss the past, present and future meaning of
the Willamette Falls to Native peoples at the March 24 CCHS Quarterly
Educational Meeting. MOOT will be open beginning at 6 p.m. that evening;
Kennedy will speak at 7 p.m. in the Tumwater Room which overlooks the historic
Willamette Falls.

 

Also at CCHS beginning in March is Hats
Off! - a new exhibit of headgear. It opens at the Stevens Crawford House,
603 Sixth St., Oregon City, Saturday, March 5. Nearly 100 women's, men's and
children's hats dating from the 1700s to the 1970s will be on display.
Admission is $5 to the Stevens Crawford House's hat exhibit. Photos of the hat collection are available upon request.


 

Mertie Crawford (1872-1968), daughter of
the Stevens Crawford House’s original owners, spent her life in the historic
home and willed it to CCHS upon her death. She collected men's, women's and
children's hats and other relics of the past. She had more than 250 hats as
well as clothing, shoes and accessories. The hats on display are part of her
collection.

 

CCHS, 211
Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, is a nonprofit institution established in 1952. It
is dedicated to providing historical information and maintaining two museum
buildings (Museum of the Oregon Territory and the Stevens Crawford House) with
ongoing and special occasion exhibits open to the public on a limited schedule. "Like" our Facebook page to stay in touch with the latest CCHS news and for information. 



March’s free admission to MOOT is made
possible by the generous sponsorship of Danielson’s Hilltop Mall. CCHS is
looking for other community partners to sponsor program days at the museum.
Contact Executive Director Lisa Christopher, 503-655-5574 or info at clackamashistory.org, for
information on how your business can be a part of CCHS programming. After March, MOOT's next set of open dates and programs are Saturdays, April 2 and 16.


*Always check the website’s CCHS Calendar page, or www.clackamas history.org, for the current month’s information schedule. Call CCHS, 503-654-5574, or e-mail, info at clackamashistory.org, for more information. 

 *See our CCHS Calendar page for more information on monthly programs and MOOT openings!

Lisa M. Christopher

  Executive Director

Clackamas County Historical Society

PO Box 2211


211 Tumwater Drive

Oregon City, Oregon 97045

503-975-6393
www.clackamashistory.org
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you look, the further forward you can see."  Winston Churchill



 		 	   		  
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