Events

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

Authors John Larison and Kristina McMorris visit with a shopper at Holiday Cheer on December 2, 2018.

Special Event     

Holiday Cheer


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
Courtesy of the Minidoka Swing Band.

Concert     

Minidoka Swing Band Concert

Performance by the Minidoka Swing Band


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
Researchers look at collections in OHS’s research library. Photo by Andie Petkus.

Class/Workshop, Education Event     

Using Primary Sources to Teach Ethnic Studies and Black Histories and Geographies

Presented by the Center for Geography Education in Oregon and its partners.

Register here


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
George-Johanson,-Oregon-Journal,-OrHi-#012060

Online Video, Television Broadcast     Series: Oregon Experience

Art Makers


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Searching for York

Online Video, Television Broadcast     Series: Oregon Experience

Searching for York


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Christopher McKnight Nichols, photo by Mina Carson

Partner Event, Lecture, Virtual Event     

Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations

Presented by Christopher McKnight Nichols

Virtual program via Zoom


Register Here

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Ceremony at Grand Coulee Dam, start of irrigation pumps. YMCA children’s band in Portland. Photo by Elizabeth Hall. OHS Research Library, Al Monner news negatives, Org. Lot 1284, box 39, 1882-6.

Lecture, Virtual Event     

“Brakeen v. Haaland” and the Indian Child Welfare Act

Presented by Erin Daugherty Lynch and Beth Wright

Virtual program via Zoom


Register Here

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Phillis Wheatley, front piece from “Poems, on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” (London: A. Bell, 1773). New-York Historical Society Library.

Education Event, Professional Development     

Women During Settler Colonialism and the American Revolution

Presented by Molly DePippo

Virtual program via Zoom


Register here

  • Free
  • RSVP Required
  • Teachers
Nina Totenberg

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

Nina Totenberg

MEMBERS: OHS members were sent an email on October 19 with details on how to access members-only pricing for 2023 Hatfield Lecture Series. If you did not receive this email, please contact HatfieldSeries@ohs.org. Not a member? Join today to access discounted pricing.


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

  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Mae Ngai

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

Mae Ngai

MEMBERS: OHS members were sent an email on October 19 with details on how to access members-only pricing for 2023 Hatfield Lecture Series. If you did not receive this email, please contact HatfieldSeries@ohs.org. Not a member? Join today to access discounted pricing.


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

  • Teachers
  • Researchers