Connecting Stories to Community
The staging of a dramatic interpretation of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Pentacle Theatre puts the Oregon State Hospital in a new spotlight...literally. Read more about the play and the [...]
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What to Wear, 1890
The following are transcriptions from two 1890 entries in the Oregon State Hospital Patient Clothing Inventory ledger, now housed at the Oregon State Archives (2/10/7/7). They offer an unusually intimate view into the personal wardrobes [...]
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Then and Now
Remnants of the past, you can still find several stone pillars used to support gates on the grounds today. There are pairs standing at the corner of Center and 24th streets (see below) and a pair at the [...]
Museum’s First Event
Join us for the museum's first fundraising event at the Pentacle Theatre in Salem.
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Youngsters Volunteer as Hospital Aides This Summer, 1964
The following are excerpts from an article appearing in the Oregon Statesman on Sunday July 12, 1964. The Junior Volunteer Program was started at the Oregon State Hospital as a service program for high-school aged youths. By 1968, the program had [...]
Save the Date for Pentacle Benefit
Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:00pm See the Pentacle Theatre's production of the play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and support the Oregon State Hospital Museum at the same time! Staff from the Oregon State Hospital, the [...]
Sheep to Shawl Festival
May 15, 2010 10:00-4:00 Stop by our booth at this year's Annual Sheep to Shawl Festival at the Willamette Heritage Center. We'll be part of the Heritage Fair section of the event, but don't miss [...]
Outstanding Volunteers!
April was National Volunteer Month and, true to form, we're a little bit late in recognizing five Willamette University student interns who have accomplished some outstanding things in the last few months: Dakota Coleman, Chelsea Greenberg, [...]
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Affected His Brain, 1894
The following announcement was published in the Oregon Statesman Newspaper on August 26, 1894. Prior to the passage of Federal laws regarding patient privacy, it was not uncommon for commitments to OSH (then the Oregon State [...]
Salem’s Brew
If you’re like me, Salem isn’t exactly the first place that comes to mind when you think of beer. But even before the dawn of Oregon’s microbrew industry, beer and hops were big business in [...]