Auction Closed! Thank you for your participation!

The Benton County Historical Museum Fall Auction 2014 is closed.

Thank you to all our bidders! For taking the time to point, click and bid in order to support Benton County Historical Museum.  Congratulations to everyone who: placed a winning bid and generously donated an item for auction.

Claiming Your Items:  Items will be available for pick-up from the Museum during regular Museum hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00AM to 4:30PM.

Items Requiring Shipping: We will contact winning bidders whose items require shipping to confirm address and other details. Thank you.

Come Visit The Museum and see your Dollars in Action! There are great exhibitions happening now at the museum, come visit us and see your dollars in action!

The Auction may be over but you can still Support the Museum: There are still ways to support the Benton County Historical Museum.

Match the Million Dollar Challenge!

Benton County Historical Society supporters Peter and Rosalie Johnson have presented us with a $1 million challenge. If we can raise $1 million in new gifts and pledges by the end of February 2015, Pete and Rosalie will match that amount.

A World Class Vision for a New Museum.  The construction of a new museum in Corvallis will allow the Benton County Historical Society to display more of its collection, improve facilities, offer dynamic traveling exhibitions and add new programming for families and students.

The new museum will be a landmark building in the historic heart of Corvallis at 2nd Street and Adams Avenue. Oregon native Brad Cloepfil of Portland’s Allied Works Architecture has designed the new building.

To learn more about the new museum visit: www.CorvallisMuseum.org

Rosalie Johnson stressed the importance of people in the future being able to see the struggles and triumphs of previous generations. “Museums are a link, a bridge, between the past and the future,” she said. Pete added that BCHS was particularly important to the couple because, “The Society’s museum is in some ways Oregon State University’s museum too since it now houses the former Horner Museum collection.”

We now need to match the million. Please consider joining the Johnsons by making your own generous gift.

You Can Still Help!

Visit The Museum!

Match the Million!

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