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If you struggle to keep from touching
the exhibits during visits to museums and
art galleries, the North Lincoln County
Historical Museum in Lincoln City has
the perfect solution — a virtual exhibit
titled “Every Artifact Has a Story.”
Th is online exhibit focuses on artifacts
based on the stories that they possess, rather
than their aesthetic value alone. Many
of these artifacts come from deep in the
museum’s collection and others are currently
on display. Some of these artifacts have
had a long journey before being preserved
at the North Lincoln County Historical
Museum, while others tell the stories of Native
American and pioneer life in North Lincoln
County. Many of these artifacts have been cozy
in tissue paper and acid-free boxes, patiently
waiting for their turn to shine and to reveal their
Julia Dodson’s
intriguing stories.
1908 diary entry mentioning the roses
Visitors to the North Lincoln County Historical
that gave Rose Lodge its name.
Museum will get to discover stories behind a Native
American basket, a cone-top beer can found in the
museum’s wall, a claw-foot tub, a velvet quilt, a battered travel trunk, a diary from an early
pioneer and many more.
Go to www.northlincolncountyhistoricalmuseum.org and click on the virtual exhibit logo
to get started. Once you’re there, click on any of the 14 artifacts to reveal their stories through
newspaper articles, documentation, information, links, historic photographs and more.
School’s OUT
Th e Oregon State University Extension
Service Outdoor School program is off ering
resources to engage children in learning
about nature while adhering to Oregon’s
“Stay Home, Save Lives” order.
A new page at the Extension Outdoor
School website is designed to help parents,
guardians and teachers to support outdoor
learning experiences while schools are out
of session.
Th e page, which can be translated
to Spanish, is updated every Friday
with weekly resource sets with nature
observations, journal prompts and online
activities. So far, the themes have been birds,
trees and fl owers. Outdoor School is also
linking to the resource sets on its Twitter
and Facebook accounts.
“Th ese weekly themes simplify matters
for families who are sorting out a lot of
information about at-home activities,” said
Kristopher Elliott, an OSU Extension
assistant director who leads the Outdoor
School program. “Given all the time we’re
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Nearly 400 new users have visited the
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“It’s not just families who are accessing
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Outdoor School’s curriculum and
professional development coordinator.
“Nearly 17 percent of unique visits to the
weekly resource sets come from Google
Classroom, suggesting that teachers are
directing parents and students to the
resource sets as part of their distance
learning.”
“We picked topics that are accessible to
many students,” Backe added. “Th ings that
you can see out a window.”
“We wanted to focus on curating these
resources into manageable pieces so they’re
not overwhelming families,” she said. “It
only takes a couple of minutes to read
through each topic.”
To get started, go to outdoorschool.
oregonstate.edu and click on “Educational
Resources.”
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