You Might See Something Different
So far 2022 has been exceptionally busy! We were closed for the first half of January. During this time, we had assistance from our wonderful Coos Bay Fire Department to help change our light bulbs. Our gallery is so much brighter now. We also had the amazing North Bend sector of the United States Coast …
CHM/NBHS Summer Camp
The Coos History Museum paired with North Bend High School for the week of July 12th for a history summer camp. Each day the students learned something new about what we do at the museum, as well as went on a field trip to various parts of the county to learn and explore. The camp …
New Addition to Clyde Allen Field
Brad Horning, the current head baseball coach at North Bend High School, used several photographs from the Coos History Museum collection, and the talents of Larry Watson at WoW Arts, to create a new history sign at the Clyde Allen Baseball Park in North Bend. The sign is one of the first things visitors will …
EJI Marker Installation Process
Students Spruce Up CHM Grounds
Fifteen Marshfield High School students involved in Key Club, Z Club, and National Honor Society – and their advisor Stacy Gulseth – volunteered over 40 man-hours of their time to spruce up the exterior of the Coos History Museum in mid-May. Coos Watershed Association outreach coordinator, Alexa Carlton, and CHM volunteer, Steve Greif, contributed an additional …
Winning Photography On Display at Coos History Museum
In September 2020, 7 photographers were teamed with private landowners in Coos & Curry counties with a goal of creating a friendly competition showcasing the waters, lands, wildlife and plants found on Oregon’s Southern Coast. Images were submitted in a variety of categories and professionally judged. This show represents some of the winning photographs. We …
An Interesting Link
I LOVE holidays. If you give me a reason, I will celebrate. For example: I love brownies, so know that I will be celebrating National Brownie Day on December 8th with some fresh out of the oven brownies – with or without frosting, nuts, chocolate chips…you get the idea. In order to get more into …
Celebrating National Library Week!
In celebration of National Library Week (April 4-10), we decided to tell you a little bit about our libraries. All images can be clicked to read a description. Lansing Library Happy National Library Week! Did you know we have two libraries in the museum? The Lansing Library is used for research more than anything else. …
New Parking Lot Island Redesigned
Coos Bay Village, the new development on old Central Dock north of museum property, continues to advance. Several businesses including Starbuck, Face Rock Creamery, and Spectrum opened for business in January. In February, work began on a new stoplight system on Highway 101 that will allow safe vehicular and pedestrian traffic into both CB Village …