Museums & Heritage
Museums & Heritage in Wallowa County
Chamber Members:
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center |
| Address: 211 East Second Street
Wallowa, Oregon 97885 |
| Tele: (541) 886-3670 |
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| E-Mail: maxvilleheritage@gmail.com |
| Contact: Gwendolyn Trice |
| Web: www.maxvilleheritage.org |
| Description: Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center under the aspices of The Friends of the Wallowa County Museum, pending Non-profit 501(c)(3) status is a volunteer group of supporters dedicated to educating the public about the history and significance of Maxville, founded nearly 100 years ago as a railroad logging town, and similar towns in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to collect, preserve and interpret the rich history of the multicultural logging community. We celebrate the contribution these isolated communities have made to the integration of African Americans and other nationalities over the past 100 years. |
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Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center |
| Address: 209 E. 2nd St., P.O. Box 15, Wallowa, OR 97885 |
| Tele: (541) 886-3101 |
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| E-Mail: tamkaliks@gmailcom |
| Contact: Beulah Wynans |
| Web: www.wallowanezperce.org |
| Description: Nez Perce Cultural Center contains Nez Perce Indian artifacts, and information on the history of the Native American Indian culture. |
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Wallowa County Museum |
| Address: 110 S Main, Joseph, OR 97846 |
| Tele: (541) 432-6095 (541) 432-4834 |
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| Contact: Ann Hayes Carol Coppen (541)432-1795 |
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| Description: The museum includes Indian artifacts, arrowheads, historical clothing, historic photographs, and a bit of the entire history of Wallowa County since before the pioneers arrived. |
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Wallowa Land Trust |
| Address: 116 S. River St.
Enterprise, OR 97828
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| Tele: 541-426-2042 |
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| E-Mail: jean@wallowalandtrust.org |
| Contact: Jean Pekarek |
| Web: www.wallowalandtrust.org |
| Description: A nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect the rural nature of the Wallowa Valley and surrounding areas by working cooperatively with private landowners, Native American tribes, local communities and governmental entities. The Trust uses economic and other incentives to help conserve the valley's natural, historic, cultural and agricultural resource, including forests, farmlands, ranchlands, grasslands, wetlands, waterways and open ground, for the benefit of present and future generations. |
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