[OR_Archaeology] Washington County Museum showcases OAC!

[Susan White]

Here's the link to the newspaper article and I have copied below for
those who don't want to surf the web--

http://www.oregonlive.com/north-of-26/index.ssf/2010/04/washington_county_museum_showcases_oregon_archaeology_celebrations.html


Washington County Museum showcases 'Oregon Archaeology Celebrations'
By Washington County Reader Contributor
April 06, 2010, 11:07AM

A traveling exhibition highlighting the significance of Oregon
archaeology is now on display at the Washington County Museum. Each year
since 1994, the Oregon Archaeology Celebration (OAC) committee has
designed a unique poster for its month-long celebration that features
activities all over the state in October.

In 2008, the OAC committee created an exhibit called "Oregon
Archaeology Celebrations: Invitations to the Past" to bring attention to
archaeology in Oregon, and to showcase its beautiful collection of
posters. The exhibit contains 15 framed posters. Each features an aspect
of Oregon archaeology such as preservation of shipwrecks and shell
middens, technologies through time, archaeological evidence of climate
change, volunteers in archaeology, Fort Rock Cave, the Oregon Trail, and
Champoeg. A new poster is added every year. The goal of the exhibit is
to show that Oregon has a rich archaeological past worth supporting and
protecting, and that the public is invited to activities celebrating
Oregon archaeology every October.

The traveling exhibit has been on display at the Columbia River
Maritime Museum in Astoria, the High Desert Museum in Bend, the Newberg
Library, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, and OMSI in
Portland. After stopping at the Washington County Museum this spring, it
will be exhibited at the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
"Seven Feathers" Casino in Canyonville from June through August.

"Oregon Archaeology Celebrations: Invitations to the Past" will be on
display in the Collins gallery at the Washington County Museum through
May 29, 2010.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat.

The Washington County Museum is at 17677 N.W. Springville Road on the
campus of PCC Rock Creek.

Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and children ages 6-17.
Admission is free on Mondays and during certain events. Always free to
WCM members, employees of corporate members, and PCC.

– Jennifer Kozik, Washington County Museum