Interpretive Plan Oregon Military Museum
Interpretive Plan Oregon Military Museum Camp Withycombe, Clackamas, Oregon 97015 Alice Parman, Ph.D. Tracy Thoennes, Curator March 25, 2009 Updated January 8, 2016 Updated December 10, 2020 Page 1 of 33 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 New Directions Mission and Goals Guiding Principles of Interpretation at the Oregon Military Museum Audience Development and Institutional Identity SITE OVERVIEW 7 Three Main Thematic Elements The Central Plaza The Historic Park The Main Building MAIN BUILDING SELF-GUIDED THEMED GALLERIES OVERVIEW 8 Main Exhibit Hall Temporary, Changing Theme Galleries Weapons Collection Hall of Valor THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AT THE OREGON MILITARY MUSEUM 10 Arrival and Entry SELF-GUIDED THEMED GALLERIES 11 Main Exhibit Hall, Permanent Exhibition: Serving Oregon • Serving Our Country Our Roots: From Citizen Warriors and Militiamen to the ORNG Citizen Warriors The Oregon Militia and the Birth of the Oregon National Guard Ready! Aim! Fire! Keeping the Peace First Overseas Service: The Spanish-American War / Philippine Insurrection At War on Two Oceans Battle-Tested Among Our Souvenirs Interlude: Between the Spanish-American War and World War I The Road to Bataan Above and Beyond Fire and Flood Citizen Sailors: The Oregon Naval Militia, 1898-1916 Doughboys: Mexican Border Service and World War I, 1916-1918 Guarding the Border Over There Interlude: The Inter-War Years The Treaty of Versailles and its Aftermath Home Front Duty A World at War: World War II, 1939-1945 Mobilizing for War Page 2 of 33 War in the Pacific Oregon
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