Penny, a stuffed dog, is the first guide in the Willamette Heritage Center’s new program that hopes to give kids a fun, accessible way to learn about Salem’s railroad history.
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PHOTOS: Halloween weekend celebrations in Salem
Kids flocked to the Gilbert House Children’s Museum and Willamette Heritage Center Sunday for two signature Salem Halloween events.
PHOTOS: Fiber artists bring the fun at Sheep to Shawl
Families gathered Saturday at Willamette Heritage Center for duck races, sheep shearing demonstrations and more.
PHOTOS: Salem digs into region’s past at Archaeology Day
Visitors explored the dig on the Willamette Heritage Center campus Saturday, where archaeologists are searching for clues about a mission school that operated briefly in the 1840s.
Salem invited to see archaeology in action at Saturday event
Archaeologists have unearthed a piece of the foundation for an 1841 Methodist parsonage on the Willamette Heritage Center campus.
PHOTOS: Magic at the Mill offers historic holiday delights
From light displays to crafts and hands-on demonstrations, the annual exhibit at Willamette Heritage Center has something for people of all ages.
Willamette Heritage Center exhibit reveals erased Chinese-American history in Salem
“Finding Salem’s Chinatown(s)” shows the lives of Chinese-Americans living in Oregon’s capital at the turn of the 20th century.
Samhain Celtic New Year Festival returns Saturday
Traditional Gaelic food and festivities
Salem Fiberarts Guild holds annual sale this weekend at the Willamette Heritage Center
Holiday shoppers line up for handcrafted dishtowels available during this annual sale. Demonstrations may inspire you to take up a fiber-related craft.