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Five Oaks Museum is hiring! The museum is looking for a fifth member of our collaborative team to fill a new role that bridges development and communications.
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Five Oaks Museum is hiring! The museum is looking for a fifth member of our collaborative team to fill a new role that bridges development and communications.
Read MoreThese protocols identify best professional practices for culturally responsive care and use of American Indian archival material held by non-tribal organizations. They were written by First Archivist Circle. The museum is not involved in writing the protocols in any way, but they inform our work and are Appendix C of the Collections Policy.
View PDFIn 1987, Washington County Historical Society (the legal name of Five Oaks Museum) entered into a contract with Washington County and Portland Community College which determined ongoing agreements around the museum’s land lease, building, collections, and funding. This contract is Appendix B of the Collections Policy.
View PDFThis policy addresses all issues related to the Museum’s object collections and archives, research library, its education collection, and items held temporarily. It was ratified in April 2022.
View PDFInside this issue: Addressing the Historical Record with Our City, Our Stories: An Expanded History of Beaverton, Head of Integrated Learning departure announcement,and #StandUpFG teaching posters now available– and community events and updates.
View PDFExplore how Latinx youth activism led Oregon to become the first state to require Ethnic Studies, in these teaching posters for middle, high school and college students.
Read MoreCommunity Gallery, July – August 2022
Portland State University students imagine and draw toys in Five Oaks Museum’s collection based solely on the artifact label.
Read MoreConsider Black and Indigenous intersections through guided looking and an art project connected to the artwork Black Lives Matter Medallion by Afro-Indigenous artist Wapahkesis.
Read MoreFive Oaks Museum is proud to be a valued local resource for educational materials based in community voices for K-12, college, and adult learners.
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