Exploring our past, and looking ahead
Our Night Before Christmas Poem Event in December 2025 brought in many families. We had so much fun, we plan on doing two weekends in 2026. See pictures!
Our premier fund raising event in November 2025 "Dinner and Theater with Charles Dickens" was a SOLD OUT success! See pictures!
The Elgin Museum and Historical Society is excited to announce the acceptance of a $14,038 grant awarded by the Fred W Fields Fund of Oregon Community Foundation! Please see the Press Release.
The Elgin Museum and Historical Society is excited to announce the acceptance of a $5000 grant from the Roundhouse Foundation! Please see the Press Release.
Elgin Recorders Newspapers are now available online!!
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- Elgin Recorder Newspapers Online
- Historic Newspapers
- Elgin Museum Newsletters
- Inventive Hug Family Presentation on YouTube (Presentation Series
The museum is excited to announce the digitization of over 100 years of local Elgin area newspapers, online!!
The digitization of the following newspapers was completed in November 2025:
The Elgin Recorders from 1895 thru 1980
The Elgin News from 1980 thru 1981
Union County Review-Recorder 1980 thru 1981
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This project was funded by the Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. See Press Release.
We are working on our 2026 calendar. Some events we are planning will include:
Dinners with entertainment
Kids events - "Be a Spy"
Our new Uranium Room
Desserts on Saturdays
These are just a few events we are planning. Stay tuned for more events and the dates!
Stay tuned for our list of 2026 Presentations!