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Events

  • Month of Nov. & Dec.: Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives
    Month of Nov. & Dec.: Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives
    Month of Nov. & Dec.: Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives
    Fri, Nov 17
    Heritage Museum
    Nov 17, 2023, 3:21 PM – Dec 30, 2023, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Nov 17, 2023, 3:21 PM – Dec 30, 2023, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    The traveling exhibition and companion website tell the story about nurses working to reform a medical profession that failed to acknowledge domestic violence as a health issue and not a legal matter.
  • Heritage Museum Society Monthly Meeting
    Heritage Museum Society Monthly Meeting
    Multiple Dates
    Heritage Museum Society Monthly Meeting
    Wed, Dec 06
    Heritage Museum
    Dec 06, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Dec 06, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    The Society is the non-profit linked to the museum. Board members meet monthly to help create strategies to increase memberships and create fundraising opportunities to support the Heritage Museum.
  • Advisory Board Meeting
    Advisory Board Meeting
    Multiple Dates
    Advisory Board Meeting
    Wed, Dec 13
    Independence
    Dec 13, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Independence, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Dec 13, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Independence, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Open to the public.
  • Feb 1 - March 3
    Feb 1 - March 3
    Feb 1 - March 3
    Thu, Feb 01
    Heritage Museum
    Feb 01, 2024, 10:00 AM – Mar 02, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Feb 01, 2024, 10:00 AM – Mar 02, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Learn about some of the important people, industries, organizations, and laws that have shaped the state from the end of World War II to 2020.
  • March - April: Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Collection
    March - April: Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Collection
    March - April: Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Collection
    Tue, Mar 05
    Heritage Museum
    Mar 05, 2024, 10:00 AM – Apr 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Mar 05, 2024, 10:00 AM – Apr 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Nurses and nursing have been the frequent subjects of postcards. These postcard images are informed by cultural values; ideas about women, men, and work; and by attitudes toward class, race, and national differences.
  • June & July: AIDS, Posters & Stories of Public Health
    June & July: AIDS, Posters & Stories of Public Health
    June & July: AIDS, Posters & Stories of Public Health
    Tue, Jun 04
    Heritage Museum
    Jun 04, 2024, 10:00 AM – Jul 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Jun 04, 2024, 10:00 AM – Jul 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    The archive of public health posters about AIDS at the National Library of Medicine is rooted in the cultural output of artists, activists, and community workers.
  • From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry
    From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry
    From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry
    Tue, Aug 13
    Heritage Museum
    Aug 13, 2024, 10:00 AM – Sep 21, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Aug 13, 2024, 10:00 AM – Sep 21, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    The traveling banner exhibition and companion website explore some of the processes, problems, and potentials inherent in technologies that use microorganisms for health and commercial purposes.
  • Sept. 24 - Nov 30. Frances Stilwell: Oregon’s Botanical Landscape
    Sept. 24 - Nov 30. Frances Stilwell: Oregon’s Botanical Landscape
    Sept. 24 - Nov 30. Frances Stilwell: Oregon’s Botanical Landscape
    Tue, Sep 24
    Heritage Museum
    Sep 24, 2024, 10:00 AM – Nov 30, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Sep 24, 2024, 10:00 AM – Nov 30, 2024, 4:00 PM
    Heritage Museum, 281 S 2nd St, Independence, OR 97351, USA
    Oregon artist Frances Stilwell (1940–) left a successful career in science to devote herself to art. Working mainly in pastels, she documented Oregon’s native plants in their natural habitats.

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