A scale model of the Keizer Cultural Centerfeatured in the Heritage Museum display 
KHM president and vice president Robert Becker and Lore Christopher respectively. 
Four new information cards depicting Keizur’s life and oterh information about Keizer and Oregon. 
A T.D. Keizur outfit worn by impressionist Jerry McGee. 
The If Walls Could Talk display curated by by Tammy Wild 
E-“The City of Keizer” display which depicts past mayors as well as what Keizer’s flags looked like. 
A wooden mortar and pestle set madefrom the orginal Locust tree that was onthe Cultural Center grounds. 
The new sign in the museum where attendees can sit at an original Keizer school desk and have a photo taken. 
Display featuring Keizer’s Native American history.
The Keizer Heritage Museum unveiled its new look in a ceremony Friday, July 12, held at the Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.
The modernization, which is 10 months into its five-year plan, will revamp the museum space and increase the collection of Keizer-specific relics, such as Thomas Keizur’s wedding socks.
The revamp will feature two new displays, “T.D. Keizur – A Willamette Farmer’s Legacy” which details Keizur’s journey to Oregon as well as his accomplishments.
Keizur was one of the first state legislators and helped found the Oregon Rangers, a 19th century militia in the Willamette Valley.
The other exhibit, “If Walls Could Talk,” focuses on the former Pugh Hall, commonly referred to as the “cow farm.”
The cow farm refers to the building belonging to the Pugh’s at what is now the Verda roundabout.
The exhibit was created by Keizer Heritage Museum volunteer Tammy Wild.
Displays offer interactive elements such as an example of a test Oregon eighth-graders would take in the early 1900s.
The test contains several categories such as agriculture, arithmetic and spelling, and serves as a final test children could take to receive their eighth grade diploma.
Several timeline displays are in the works for Native Americans of the area, fur trappers, the Keizur family as well as Keizer School and the City of Keizer.
The Heritage Museum is open and currently showcasing its new exhibits.
Museum hours are Monday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact Quinn Stoddard
[email protected] or 503-390-1051
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