Join us at the Springfield Library in November, in honor of Native American Heritage Month, with Deitrich Peters of the Grand Ronde Tribe. Deitrich (Deitz) has graciously agreed to share elements of his regalia and will play flute music, talk about his culture, and answer questions.
Come to the Adventure! Children's Museum on Friday Feb 9th, 1pm to make crafts with Karen Rainsong of the Singing Creek Educational Center! We will use air-dry clay to make animal track medallions, and make your own fossil by pushing nature items into Sculpey and other kinds of quick-dry clay. Adventure! is inside the Valley […]
Join us for a fun afternoon learning about Oregon history at the SMJ House in Eugene! This hands-on history field trip is best for ages 5 -12. Come learn about the history of the house and pioneers, the Kalapuya people who have lived here since time immemorial, and the fur trappers that lived in the […]
Join us Feb 17th and 18th at the Lane County Fairgrounds at the annual Frontier Heritage Fair!9am to 5pm on Saturday9am to 4pm on Sunday This indoor family-friendly event features booths, exhibits, crafts, artisans and live music! See the the frontier, wild west and Civil War era goods and demonstrations.We will be doing our always […]
Calling all Adventure! Children's Museum members Sign up for a FREE Travel in Time field trip with the Singing Creek Educational Center at the SMJ house in Eugene! Pre-registration only. DATE: Saturday February 24th, 1pm -2:30pmADDRESS: 303 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon 97401Enter Driveway at Third and Pearl Streets541 484-0808 Only 20 lucky children will be registered […]
We are doing a Native cultural presentation with Deitrich Peters at Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, March 21st at 2pm. Learn about Kalapuya and Grand Ronde culture from Deitz, and explore the hands-on items of Kalapuya material culture with Karen Rainsong. Karen is the E.D. of Singing Creek Educational Center and will be sharing […]
Looking for something fun to do over Spring Break? Join us for three fun filled days of history themed day camp at the beautiful Shelton McMurphey Johnson House in Eugene!
This free day camp is for local Guatemalan children ages 6-11 in Cottage Grove. We partner with the Early Learning Center to provide a fun camp focused on the history of South America. For more info, see this page.
Join us for an evening discussion with Stephanie Craig, a Kalapuya woman, at the Creswell Public Library. We will be hearing from Stephanie and talking about the subject "Fear & Belonging" as part of the speaker series "Consider This." Each year, Oregon Humanities has a different topic for this series. We were lucky enough to […]
Join us at Oakshire Brewing in Eugene to celebrate Singing Creek Educational Center! A portion of the proceeds of beer sales all day goes to support our living history programs for kids. Wednesday, April 10th, 5pm Address: 207 MADISON ST, EUGENE, OROpen 11am to 10pm We will be there with information on a table for […]