Sherman County Historical Society & Museum

Sherman County Historical Society & Museum The national-award-winning Sherman County Historical Museum located in Moro, Ore., is your stop for local history. Take a walk on the rural side with us!

The Museum comprises 16,000 square feet and over 15,000 artifacts used in Native American families, Oregon Trail migration, rural households, churches, schools, businesses, livestock production, dry-land wheat farming and conservation, military units and patriotic efforts. Seventy of the county's 2,000 residents volunteer at the Museum. We are a unique non-profit county museum with interpretive e

xhibits of tools and equipment used by families in wheat and livestock production, homes, businesses, schools and churches on the Columbia Plateau, and hands-on experiences for everyone!

For the month of June, we are displaying “I am From” poetry by the local 9th and 10th grade English class. We hope you s...
06/10/2026

For the month of June, we are displaying “I am From” poetry by the local 9th and 10th grade English class. We hope you stop in to read these and pick up a booklet of the poems.

Thank you to everyone who came to our Annual Meeting on Sunday. A special thank you to Stanley Peterson from Cottonwood ...
06/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to our Annual Meeting on Sunday. A special thank you to Stanley Peterson from Cottonwood Canyon for your presentation on light pollution and being a certified Dark Sky park. Also, thank you to Bob's Texas T-Bone for catering.

Don't forget to RSVP for our Annual Meeting and Dark Sky Park presentation. Our annual meeting is June 7th at the senior...
05/28/2026

Don't forget to RSVP for our Annual Meeting and Dark Sky Park presentation. Our annual meeting is June 7th at the senior center at 2 pm. Dinner catered by Bob's Texas T-Bone. Tickets $22.

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting five Vietnam Veterans to share with the Modern US History class. A special tha...
05/27/2026

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting five Vietnam Veterans to share with the Modern US History class. A special thank you to those five gentlemen for their time with these students, but also for their sacrifice and dedication to our county.

Did you know that we are a Blue Star Museum?
05/27/2026

Did you know that we are a Blue Star Museum?

The Blue Star Museums program offers free admission during the summer to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families, including National Gua...

Last week, we had the privilege of giving a tour to the Sherman County SWCD homeschool group. We talked about farming pr...
05/26/2026

Last week, we had the privilege of giving a tour to the Sherman County SWCD homeschool group. We talked about farming practices here in the county, conservation of soil and animal habitat, and also renewable energy.

Join us on June 7th for our annual meeting, dinner catered by Bob's Texas T-Bone, and a presentation with the Cottonwood...
05/21/2026

Join us on June 7th for our annual meeting, dinner catered by Bob's Texas T-Bone, and a presentation with the Cottonwood Canyon State Park rangers about their International Dark Sky Park certification. Please RSVP as soon as possible. Call the museum at 541-565-3232.

05/07/2026

This show will be up until October 10th

05/02/2026

Sherman County Artist Past to Present art show

We had the pleasure of hosting this great group of kids at the museum today. They learned about farming past and present...
05/01/2026

We had the pleasure of hosting this great group of kids at the museum today. They learned about farming past and present, everyday objects past and present and capped off the tour playing with told time toys!

Address

200 Dewey Street/PO Box 173
Moro, OR
97039

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(541) 565-3232

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