we are here for preservation & education
The Warren County Historical Society was founded as a non-profit in 1968 and opened its museum in 1970 in the old Roseville High School. After 38 years in Roseville, the museum moved to our current location in Monmouth in 2009. Over the years, we have worked hard to collect and preserve the historical items that represent the history of our county and those who have lived here. The tradition of preservation and exhibition continues today, as we constantly work to save and document our history while sharing this knowledge with the public. In 2016, the museum first opened its doors for regular business hours in order to better serve our community. We continue to grow and expand, always following our mission of preservation and education in order to help create a better, more prosperous community.
MEET THE STAFF
museum director
KELLEN HINRICHSENPattee Executive Director
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BOard of directors
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volunteers
Jan deyoungJan started volunteering when her husband, Jim DeYoung, became a board member after the museum moved over to Monmouth. She helps with keeping inventory and accession of the items in the collections. Her favorite thing about working at the museum is looking at the new objects acquired. The most interesting thing she has found were some 19th century petticoats, split bloomers, and camisoles.
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jim deyoungJim is a board member as well as a volunteer for the museum. He was involved with the Prairieland Historical Association, since before it merged with the Warren County Historical Association and the museum. He helps sort and catalog items in the museum's collections. Since he was a theater historian, he gravitated to work in the museum and it has kept him busy since his retirement.
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Barb pearsonBarb began volunteering when she saw that help was needed to move the museum's artifacts from Roseville to Monmouth. She does a bit of everything from sorting items, to moving them, to alphabetizing them. Her favorite thing about volunteering is being able to work with the other volunteers, being surrounded by old objects and being able to preserve them for future generations.
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interns
Kayla beadlesKayla came to the museum from the Communication Department at Monmouth College during the summer of 2016. She helped to expand the social media presence of the museum as well as gaining experience in event planning. Kayla was the driving force behind the museum's first fundraiser garage sale event.
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kallie ditusaKallie came to the museum for an internship that would help her expand her skills in graphic design. She worked with the museum to produce a brochure for the museum as well as producing a new family of logos for the museum. Her work will help to expand the reach of the museum as well as give it a more modern look.
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lily guillenLily helped with the colorization process for the History ReTouched exhibit during spring 2017. Her experience working with Kellen and the museum made her interested in doing an internship here. During her time here, she wrote press releases, photographed events and redesigned the museum's website.
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JAMEYRAE VALDIVIAJameyrae started her internship at the museum with the help of her advisor and Kellen Hinrichsen. During her time here she curated an entire exhibit: "Opera Houses in Warren County." She hopes to become a museum director in the future, so this internship helped her get a lot of hands on experience.
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