The Heritage Center includes a small museum, gift shop, four relocated historic buildings, and the main attraction, the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill with original and reconstructed out buildings. The mill was built in 1896 and operated until 1962. The restoration is set in the early 1900s and includes all of the machinery for making cloth from raw wool which involves washing, dyeing, carding, spinning, weaving, and fulling. Visitors are given a key to unlock the buildings for a self guided tour or may take a guided tour if a docent is available. We were fortunate to get a docent who gave us an excellent tour.
The museum is completely accessible. The grounds and most of the mill buildings are accessible. Some of the ramps are a little uneven. We didn’t have time to visit the relocated buildings but were told that they have ramps so that the first floors are accessible.
The parking lot is large enough for RVs. Center
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You two sure get around. What is the weather like that far north in OR this time of the year.
ReplyDeleteNot very nice! It's in the forties and wet but we did get a sunbreak today.That term cracked us up when we first heard it :-) We took advantage of it and went for a short walk.
ReplyDeleteHopefully California will be warmer!
I grew up just north of there in Keizer, Oregon.
ReplyDeleteThe Safeway up the street from the Thomas Kay is where I worked for 8 years while going to College, and then buying my Truck Camper before I started working in my field up in Portland :).
Hey Matt! Did the snow catch you yet?
ReplyDeleteSalem looks like a nice town. We really enjoyed the tour and could have spent more time seeing everything else but we're kind of zipping along (for us lol) to get into better weather.