Here's What's New at the Pioneer Museum

• Pioneer Museum Receives Cultural Trust Grant
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• “Blue Star Museum Project"
  The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum is pleased to announce they have been selected to participate in the national Blue Star Museums project.
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• Spirit Mountain Community Fund Awards Grant to Pioneer Museum
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• Tillamook County Museum to participate in Heritage Preservation's Conservation Assessment Program
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• 75 Years of Museum History
  February 2, 2010 - August 7, 2010
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“Pioneer Museum Receives Cultural Trust Grant"

The Oregon Cultural Trust has announced that the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum has been chosen as the recipient of a $10,000 grant for the cultural assessment of Kilchis Point, a 200-acre site of cultural, historical and environmental significance. The goal of the Museum’s project is to develop interpretive trails that will highlight Tillamook Indians and white settlement heritage as well as the rich environmental resources at the site.

The OCT granted $1.47 million for the fiscal year 2010-2011 to 57 awardees in 19 communities and 15 counties. Gary Albright, Pioneer Museum Director, said, “The highly competitive grant makes a striking difference to the Pioneer Museum’s intentions to tell the story at Kilchis Point. We are very pleased to be considered as a partner with the OCT.” The cultural assessment will begin August 9, 2010. 
Trust Manager Kimberly Howard noted, “Grant proposals were strong, the grant review process was rigorous, and the projects selected for funding reflect significant cultural projects…across the state.” She also explained that the grant to the museum is made possible by people who donate to the Oregon Cultural Trust. For more information, visit their website at www.culturaltrust.org.

“Blue Star Museum Project"

The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum is pleased to announce they have been selected to participate in the national Blue Star Museums project. Active military with a current ID and their immediate families are granted free admission to TCPM beginning May 24 and continuing through Labor Day, 2010. The Pioneer Museum is one of six museums in Oregon and 600 nationwide that will be offering this admission to the Armed Forces. The Pioneer Museum is opened Tues.-Sun. from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

For more information, call 503-842-4553 or visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum has announced the award of an $8,975 grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund to establish an eco-friendly parking lot and informational kiosk at the Museum’s property at Kilchis Point. This will begin development of this wetland area on Tillamook Bay for recreational hiking, bird watching, kayaking, and cultural education.

The Kilchis Point site is considered to be one of the largest and most prominent cultural sites of Native Americans along the North Oregon and Washington coasts. By funding the grant request, Shelley Hanson, Director of the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, congratulated the Museum “on partnering with us and the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde on an area of significant Tribal history and culture. Our people lived in the Tillamook area and we’re excited to share our history with the visitors of Kilchis Point.”

Construction on the parking area and kiosk will begin in concert with wetlands delineation and a cultural assessment of the area.

Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum has been chosen to participate in the 2010 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). Heritage Preservation’s CAP is supported through a cooperative agreement with the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. CAP assists museums by providing funds for professional conservation specialists to identify conservation needs of their collections and historic buildings to recommend ways to correctly improve collections conditions. Heritage Preservation’s President, Lawrence Reger, praised the Pioneer Museum for “making the vital work of caring for collections and sites a priority of their institution, even in these challenging financial times, and helping ensure that they are available to present and future generations.”

Heritage Preservation is providing about $7,000 for professional conservators to survey the site and write comprehensive reports that will identify conservation priorities. The on-site consultation will enable the Pioneer Museum to evaluate its current collections care policies, procedures, and environmental conditions. The assessment reports will help the museum make appropriate improvements for the immediate, mid-range, and long-range care of their collections.

Heritage Preservation is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the United States. By identifying risks, developing innovative programs, and providing broad public access to expert advice, Heritage Preservation assists museums in caring for our endangered heritage. To learn more about the Heritage Preservation, please visit www.heritagepreservation.org.

Join us for a trip through Tillamook County history when the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will be showing artifacts from each of the 75 years that the museum has been operating, some of which have never been previously displayed. The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will feature a retrospective exhibit of the museum since its beginnings in 1935 when the Tillamook County Pioneer Association elected to open a museum to house items from early pioneer families.

The anniversary exhibit will continue until Aug 7, 2010, during regular business hours of 10 AM to 4 PM Tuesday through Sunday. The Research Library is open from Tuesday through Saturday by appointment only.

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