Mission

TO CONNECT GENERATIONS BY PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING THE HISTORY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THE WHC COLLECTS, CARES FOR, INTERPRETS, SHOWCASES, AND PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING OF AN EDUCATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY REGION, INCLUDING MARION COUNTY AND THE GREATER SALEM AREA. THE WHC IS ANCHORED BY THE HISTORIC EARLY SETTLEMENT BUILDINGS, THE THOMAS KAY WOOLEN MILL AND ITS ARCHIVAL AND LIBRARY HOLDINGS.