| HISTORIAN NFMS The inventory held by the NFMS Historian has been printed in the Newsletter and forwarded to the NFMS 2nd Vice President, Frank Posthuma. At this time there have only been four museum entries turned in. They are:. Yellowstone Gateway Museum of Park County - Livingston, Montana. Union Station Natural History Museum -- Ogden, Utah. Crater Rock Museum - Central Point, Oregon. Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals - Hillsboro, Oregon. There are many out there. A list of the previous museums follows:. ALASKA. Kodiak, Baranov Museum. Nome, Carry McLain Memorial Museum. Palmer, Independence Mine. Others:. Anchorage, Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Anchorage, Stewart’s Photo Shop & Stewart’s Jewel Jade, Inc.. Haines, Alaska Indian Arts, Inc.. Juneau, Juneau Douglas City Museum. Kotzebue, Kotzebue Museum. Palmer, Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry. Seward, Resurrection Bay Historical Society Museum. Skagway, Klondike Gold Rush National Park. Skagway, Trail of “98” Museum. IDAHO . American Falls, Massacre Rocks State Park. Arco, Craters of the Moon National Monument. Boise, Idaho State Historical Museum. Boise, Stewart’s Gem Shop. Clayton, Custer Museum, Yankee Fork Ranger District. Cottonwood, St. Gertrude’s Museum. Coeur D’Alene, Museum of North Idaho. Emerald Creek Garnet Area, St. Maries Ranger District, Clarkia, Idaho. Hagerman, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. Hailey, Blaine Historical Museum. Idaho Falls, Polson’s Rock Shop . Murphy, Owyhee County Historical Museum. Nampa, Stringer’s Gem Shop. Oakley, Oakley Pioneer Museum. Orofino, Clearwater Historical Museum . Pocatello, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University Campus. Salmon, Lemhi County Historical Museum. Salmon, Sacajawea Center. Sandpoint, Bonner County Historical Museum. Spaulding, Nez Pierce National Historic Park & Visitors Center. Spencer, Spencer Opal Mines. Twin Falls, The Herrett Museum. Weiser, Intermountain Cultural Center & Museum. MONTANA Baker, O’Fallon Historical Society Museum. Big Hole, Big Hole Battlefield National Monument. Billings, Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum. Bozeman, Museum of the Rockies. Broadus, Power River County High School, MacMcCurdy Collection. Butte, Mineral Museum, Montana Tech Butte, World Museum of Mining & Hell Roarin’ Gulch Chester, Liberty County Museum Chinook, Blain County Museum Choteau, Old Trail Museum Circle, McCone County Museum Crane, Harmons Agate & Silver Shop Crow Agency, Custer Battlefield National Monument Deer Lodge, Powell County Museum Deer Lodge, Anaconda - Copper Village Museum & Arts Center Deer Lodge, Marie’s Agates Dillon, Beaverhead County Museum Ekalaka, Carter County Museum Fort Peck, Fort Peck Museum Glacier National Park, Museum at West Glacier Entrance Great Falls, Lewis & Clark Interpretative Center Helena, Margaret Reed Faceting Lewiston, Central Montana Museum Livingstone, Livingston Depot Center Loma, Earth Science Museum Missoula, Montana University Museum Pryor, Chief Pleanty Coups State Monument, Crow Indian Museum Roundup, Musselshell Valley Historical Museum St. Ignatuis, Flathead Indian Museum Shelby, Marias Museum of History and Art Stanford, Sod Buster Museum Stanford, Judith Basin Museum Superior, Mineral County Museum & Historical Society Three Forks, Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County Historical Assoc. Museum Wolf Point, Wolf Point Area Historical Society OREGON Ashland, Pacific Institute of Natural Sciences Baker City, Oregon Trail Regional Museum Bandon, Coquille River Museum Bend, The High Desert Museum Bend, Deschutes Historical Center Burns, Harney County Historical Museum Canyon City, Grant County Historical Museum Cave Junction, Oregon Caves National Monument Chiloquin, Collier State Park Logging Museum Corvallis, Horner Museum, OSU Campus Cottage Grove, Cottaage Grove Historical Museum Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park Visitors Center Eugene, University of Oregon Museum of Natural History Forest Grove, Pacific University Museum Fossil, City of Fossil Oregon Museum Gold Beach, Curry County Historical Museum Haines, Eastern Oregon Museum Highway 97 between Redmond & Bend, Peterson Rock Garden Independence, The Heritage Museum John Day, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Joseph, Wallowa County Museum Junction City, Junction City Historical Society Kirby, Josephine County Kirbyville Museum Klamath Falls, Favell Museum of Western Art & Indian Artifacts Lakeview, Schminck Memorial Museum Madras, Richardsons Recreational Ranch Molalla, Molalla Museum Newport, Burrows House & Log Cabin Museum North Bend, Coos County Historical Society Museum Portland, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, (OMSI) Portland, Oregon Art Institute Portland, Oregon Historical Society Portland, Ed’s House of Gems Prineville, A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum Roseburg, Douglas County Museum of History Rufus, Dolph’s Rock Shop St. Helens, Columbia County Historical Museum St. Paul, Champoeg State Park Visitors Center St. Paul, Robert E. Newell House, Dar Museum Salem, Oregon State Capitol Building Seaside, Seaside Museum The Dalles, Nichols Museum Tillamook, Tillamook Pioneer Museum Vernonia, Columbia County Historical Society Museum Warm Springs, Middle Oregon Indian Historical Society UTAH American Fork, Timpanogos Cave National Monument Blanding, Edge of the Cedars State Park Blanding, The Dinosaur Museum Boulder, Anasazi State Park Boulder, Blackwood Forrest & Circle Cliffs Brigham City, Golden Spike National Historic Site Bringham City Museum & Gallery Bryce Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park Visitors Center Castle Dale, Pioneer Museum Cedar City, Highway 14, east of Cedar City, Cedar Breaks National Monument Cedar City, Iron Mission State Park & Museum Copperton, Bringham Copper Mine Delta, Great Basin Museum Dutch John, Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area Eureka, Tintic Mining Museum Fairview, Fairview Museum of History & Art Farmington, Pioneer Village Indian Artifacts Fillmore, Territorial Statehouse State Park Fort Duchesne, Ute Tribal Museum Garden City, Minnetonka Cave Green River, John Wesley Powell Museum Huntington, Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Hurricane, Hurrican Museum Lake Powell, Natural Bridges National Monument Leeds, Silver Reef Museum Lehi, John Hitchings Museum of Natural History Manila, Sheep Creek Canyon & Geologic Area Moab, Arches National Park/Canyon Land National Park Moab, Dan O’Laurie Museum Moab, Dead Horse Point State Park Ogden, Dinosaur Park & Museum Panquitch, Paunsaugunt Western Wildlife Museum Park City, Silver King Mine Train Tour Price, College of Eastern Utah Prehistorical Museum Provo, Museum of Peoples & Cultures Provo, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Provo, Brigham Young University, Earth Science Museum Roosevelt, Whiterocks Cave Roy, Roy Historical Museum Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Natural History Salt Lake City, Pioneer Memorial Museum Sandy, Historic Sandy Museum Springdale, Zion National Park Thanksgiving Point, North American Museum of Ancient Life Torrey, Capital Reef National Park Visitors Center Tremonton, Promontory Mt. Indian Caves Vernal, Utah Field House of National History State Park Vernal, Brush Creek Cave Wellsville, American West Heritage Center WASHINGTON Ashford, Mt. Rainier National Park Cashmere, Chelan County Historical Society Castle Rock, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Chehalis, Lewis County Historical Museum Cle Elum, Carpenter Museum Colville, Stevens County Historical Society Museum Coulee City, Dry Falls Interpretive Center Coulee Dam, Fort Spokane Visitor Center & Museum Couperville, Fort Casey Interpretive Center Davenport, Lincoln County Historical Museum Eastsound, Orcas Island Historical Museum Ellensburg, Kittitas County Museum Ellensburg, Ellensburg Agate Shop Ephrata, Grand County Historical Museum Everett, Snohomish County Museum & Historical Assn. Goldendale, Maryhill Museum of Art Grandview, Ray. E. Powell Museum Ilwaco, Fort Columbia State Park, Off Hwy 101 Kelso, Cowlitz County Historical Museum Kennewick, East Benton County Historical Museum Kirkland, Earthlight Crystals & Minerals Lacey, Saint Martins College & Abbey Museum, Lacey, Division of Geology & Earth Sciences Library Display La Conner, Skagit County Historical Museum Moses Lake, Adam East Museum Art Center Pasco, Sacajawea Interpretive Center Port Angeles, Pioneer Memorial Museum Prosser, Benton County Museum & Historical Society Pullman, Culver Museum Pullman, Museum of Anthropology, WSU Campus Puyallup, Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum Renton, Renton Historical Society & Museum Renton, Bob Jackson Minerals (Field Trips) Republic, Stonerose Interpretive Center Roslyn, Roslyn Historical Society Museum Seattle, Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum Seattle, Amber & Imports Seattle, Margaret Reed Faceting Seattle, Semantics Gems & Minerals Sedro Woolley, North Cascades National Park Silverdale, Kitsap County Historical Society Museum South Bend, Pacific County Historical Museum Spokane, Cheney Cowles Museum Stilacoom, Stilacoom Historical Museum Assn. Stevenson, Skamania County Historical Society Sunnyside, Sunnyside Historical Museum Tacoma, Washington State Historical Society Museum Tacoma, James R. Slater Museum, University of Puget Sound Campus Vantage, Ginkgo Petrified Forrest State Park Vantage, Ginko Gem Shop Waterville, Douglas County Historical Society Museum Wenatchee, Rocky Reach Dam White Swan, Fort Simco Interpretive Center Wilbur, Wilbur Museum, Big Bend Historical Society Yakima, Yakima Valley Museum & Historical Association It’s possible that some of these museums and rock shops are not in existence any longer, but the list is here. Please look it over and if there is something in your area, take a Museum sheet and have someone in authority fill it out. Include a brochure and or business card. Return it to, Jack Eads for our NFMS Website. Point of Information: The CFMS Museum Committee is doing the same thing. Small world! |
| MUSEUMS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NFMS TYPE OF MUSEUM: PUBLIC ___, County___, State___, University___, PRIVATE ___, Family ___, or Organization or Corporate Operation___, Name of Museum _____________________________________________________ address_____________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip____________________________________________________ TYPE OF DISPLAY: GEMSTONES___, LAPIDARY___, JEWELRY____, MINERALS___, FOSSILS___, ARTIFACTS___, MINING MEMORABILIA ___, Hours open to the public:__________________________________________________________ Days open to the public:___________________________________________________________ Phone number_________________, email address, ______________________________________ Website:____________________________________________________________________ Approval for use of this information on the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Society's official Website: Title: _______________________________ Signature:____________________________Date:_________________________________ |