Do you have an artifact you would like to donate to the North Olympic History Center? Please read the following section to determine if the NOHC is a good fit for your item. Donations are critical to fulfilling our mission to “connect the future, through the present, with the past.” Your cherished family and personal artifacts may help us tell the story of the North Olympic Peninsula!
Our collection is managed as a community resource to inspire, educate, and inform the community and visitors and contribute to the conservation and research of the history and heritage of our area. The geographic scope of our collections stretches from the Bogachiel River on the West End to the Miller Peninsula in eastern Clallam County. We will only accept materials from outside of this area if they are historically significant to the North Olympic Peninsula.
Because of our limited space and resources, we must be very thoughtful and careful about the artifacts we accept into our collection. The NOHC only acquires objects that have direct ties to the North Olympic Peninsula, or that help interpret themes, places, and people in the history of the region. We do not accept items with conditions or restrictions on how they might be used or displayed in the future.
Artifacts we are particularly interested in:
- Photographs documenting life on the North Olympic Peninsula and the history of the region.
- Printed or handwritten material such as letters, documents, journals, ledgers, maps, brochures, menus, business signs, other signs, etc…
- Textiles that originally belonged to, used by, or worn by residents of North Olympic Peninsula.
- Ephemera, such as matchbooks, pins, rulers, etc., representing the businesses and the people of the North Olympic Peninsula.
We have extremely limited space for larger items and furniture.
We will not accept items that containing mold, mildew, or other environmental contaminants of pests as they are a danger to the other artifacts in our collection.
In general, we do not accept paper copies of newspapers less than 50 years old.
If you are interested in donating an artifact to the museum, please contact the NOHC through the Contact Us page.
