Oregon Heritage

Free technical assistance is only an application away. Oregon Heritage MentorCorps applications are open today through August 15th for the 2024/2025 mentor session. This 9-month mentorship opportunity only comes around once a year and can help you jump some of your biggest hurdles in collections, organizational management, policies, procedures, disaster preparation, visitor and volunteer experience, and more.

Apply today to see what MentorCorps can do for your organization: https://www-auth.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/MentorCorps.aspx

How to Celebrate Juneteenth in Oregon Oregon, mark your calendars for June 19 for Juneteenth celebrations featuring live music and performances, food and goods from local businesses, and the honoring of Black history in the state and across the nation.

Help preserve Oregon's most important historic places!

We're recruiting for a Survey and Inventory Coordinator to identify, evaluate, and document properties for listing in the federal National Register of Historic Places.

You will help individuals, non-profits, and tribal, federal, and local government agencies do this work and create and maintain statewide information management systems for collecting and sharing with the public and our many partners.

See the recruitment at https://bit.ly/4e5JLf3 for more details, requirements and application process. Apply by June 30, 2024.

Program Analyst 2 - Survey and Inventory Coordinator Initial Posting Date: 06/03/2024 Application Deadline: 06/30/2024 Agency: Parks and Recreation Department Salary Range: $5,345 - $8,177 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Program Analyst 2 - Survey and Inventory Coordinator Job Description: Do you have experience identifying, evaluating, and do...

During National Volunteer Appreciation week, Oregon Heritage would like to announce the 2024 Standout Heritage Volunteers.

This category added to the Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards in 2022 recognizes that volunteers are the backbone of heritage preservation work in Oregon and it celebrates those standout volunteers that have contributed their time and skills to help organizations persist and thrive.

Volunteers are submitted by heritage organizations across Oregon to show appreciation for these individuals that have a meaningful impact on their work.

Oregon State Archives
Southern Oregon Historical Society
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Jackson County Heritage Association, Oregon
Oregon Heritage Tree and Historical Marker Program
Oregon Museums Association
Springfield History Museum
Coos Art Museum
Oswego Heritage Council
The Liberty Theatre - Home of Little Theatre on the Bay

2024 Oregon Heritage Vitality Update! Survey phase completed, statewide workshops to commence during April.

The Oregon Heritage Vitality Study will help us understand the current state of the heritage sector in Oregon, highlighting key issues that impact the sector, and provide recommendations at the local and state level to address collective needs and challenges.

There will be 5 workshop options around the state of Oregon based on your location for you to choose to attend. All workshops will include the same content and agenda, just in different locations to ensure regional inclusion. If none of these work for you, we will also hold a virtual workshop option as well, however we would appreciate as many attendants during our in-person participation if possible! Light refreshments or a light lunch will be provided. Here are the workshop options:

1. Coos Bay Workshop on Monday, April 8th at 3pm at the Coos History Museum
2. Medford Workshop on Tuesday, April 9th at 10am (virtual option available) at the Rogue Valley Geneological Society
3. Virtual Online Workshop on Tuesday, April 16th at 12pm
4. Forest Grove Workshop at the Oregon Heritage Conference on Friday, April 19th at 10:30am (Note: you do not need to register for the conference to attend the workshop)
5. Cascade Locks Workshop on Thursday, April 25th at 3pm*
6. La Grande Workshop on Friday, April 26th at 12pm*
*Site locations for workshops are TBA

Register for a workshop here: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2icqcAJTJdoXUUu

Oregon SHPO/Oregon Heritage is hiring!

Seeking Cultural Resource Analyst (Built Environment)
Join our team as a Cultural Resource Analyst, where your decisions carry substantial weight, influencing the state and agency's relationships with stakeholders and playing a crucial role in preserving our state's invaluable historic resources.

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