Events

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To access previously recorded programs, visit our Past Programs page.

2022 Oregon History Makers

Annual Event, Livestream, Special Event     

2022 History Makers Awards Ceremony Livestream

Virtual Program


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  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Full Moon Rising Crew. Courtesy of the Eugene Lesbian History Project

Panel Discussion     

Thirty Years After No on 9: A Panel Discussion

A panel discussion with Courtney Hermann, Nadia Telsey, Diane DePaulis, Enid Lefton, Lili Wechsler-Azen, and Shayna Meltzer, moderated by Judith Raiskin


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
School teachers visit the SP&S Railway Company. OHS Research Library, Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs, Org. Lot 78, box 4, folder 8, 020.

Education Event, Exhibit Tour     

Fall Educator Workshop

Presented by Katie Pearson


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
Doris Kearns Goodwin. Photo by Annie Leibovitz.

Lecture, Attend In Person or Online     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Doris Kearns Goodwin

MEMBERS: OHS members were sent an email on August 2 with details on how to access members-only pricing for Doris Kearns Goodwin. If you did not receive this email, please email HatfieldSeries@ohs.org or call 503.306.5220. Not a member? Join today to access discounted pricing.

Tickets to the four-part 2023 Hatfield Lecture Series go on sale to members October 20 and the public November 3.


Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Teachers
  • Researchers
David Hume Kennerly (Photo by Roger Barone)

Lecture     

Behind the Scenes of History: An Evening with David Hume Kennerly

MEMBERS: OHS members were sent an email on September 6 with details on how to access members-only pricing. If you did not receive this email, please email orhist@ohs.org or call 503.306.5220.

Tickets are on sale now.


Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
12625 SW Crescent Street
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Two students show off their button collection at the 2019 National History Day Contest.

Professional Development, Education Event, Virtual Event     

Oregon History Day OEA Webinar

Presented by Katie Pearson

Virtual program via Zoom


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  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
The opening to Fort Rock Cave, looking east toward Fort Rock in Oregon’s High Desert, 1966. OHS Research Library, photo file 434, photograph by Phil Brogan.

Symposium     

Human Experience in the Oregon Great Basin Symposium

General Registration Here

Educator Registration Here


Oregon State University – Cascades
1500 SW Chandler Ave
Ray Hall, Rooms 011-012
Bend, Oregon 97702

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Visitors tour the Oregon Historical Society's “Experience Oregon” cornerstone exhibition. Photo by Andie Petkus.

Education Event     

Educator Night

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Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
Photograph of a sign reading “I Am An American” that was placed on the Wanto Co. store in Oakland, California, on December 8, 1941. Photo by Dorthea Lange, March 1942. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-23602.

Panel Discussion     

I Am An American: Panel Discussion With Asian American Women

Presented by Jane Vogel Mantiri, Liani Reeves, and Jennifer Fang, moderated by Patti Duncan


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Meier and Frank 1976 Christmas display. CN 023668 bb006591

Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free