Starting July 12, Willamette Heritage Center is offering museum admission and a one-hour interactive history lesson on Fridays for $10 per person at the historic mill site.
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Sheep to Shawl brings wool arts to life Saturday
A free event Saturday, May 4, at Willamette Heritage Center includes sheep shearing, fiber arts and a chance to view the archaeological dig on the center’s grounds.
New “Backpack Buddies” program gives hands-on history lessons
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.
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
