Philomath Museum- Benton County Historical Society

Mark Whitney

BCHS is a hidden secrete in Philomath--in plain site. Throughout the year they have rotating art & historical memorabilia shows. They took over the Horner Museum collection that was in Gill Coliseum--now in a million dollar plus facility on the Philomath property. Their new Corvallis Museum is moving right along in construction on 2nd St & will be a huge boost to Benton County. We joined last year when they were hosting their annual lectures.

David Myer

Free. Interesting exhibits, though a little sparse. You'll need maybe 30 minutes to see everything at a calm pace. I suspect when they move to their new building that there will be more on display. What they do show is certainly worth the visit.

Sandra Bjorkman

I was told that everything from Horner Museum, which used to be under Gill Coliseum @ OSU. I had spent a LOT of hours there during summer school while my parents worked on teaching credentials. I was VERY disappointed to see about 1/4 of the rock exhibit under black lights, none of the stuffed animals and limited display of WW1 artifacts. Benton County Museum has a nice interpretive pottery collection some lady spent years making. I sure didn't think it was worth the $5 suggested donation.

Yoshi Star

Wonderful artifacts. The building is ollllld, but the Benton County Historical Society possesses one of the best collections in the U.S.