White River Valley Museum, Local history museum in Auburn, United States.
The White River Valley Museum is a local history museum in Auburn that displays regional artifacts across exhibition space in Les Gove Park. The collections feature old photographs from the area and objects related to railroad development in the region.
The museum opened to the public in January 1996, created through the combined effort of the City of Auburn and the White River Valley Historical Society. In 2001 it applied for and received the Mary Olson Farm's placement on the National Register of Historic Places. It has published the monthly newsletter "White River Journal" since opening.
The museum displays objects from Salish and Muckleshoot tribes, showing how these peoples lived in this region. Visitors also see a Japanese farmhouse from 1915 that reflects the Japanese immigrants who worked here.
The museum is located in a park and easy to reach with parking available on site. The exhibition spaces are accessible, allowing all visitors to view the collections comfortably.
In 2001 the museum applied for and secured the Mary Olson Farm's listing on the National Register of Historic Places, and it now manages the farm as a historic site. The museum also keeps a photograph archive of thousands of regional images dated between 1894 and 1982.
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