Come out to the Heritage Center and see this rare footage for yourself! Truly, a “home movie of his home town,” innovator John Runk shot stunning 8mm films to document […]

It's our very first Black & White movie Night! Dress up in your best black-and-white outfit and come to the Heritage Center for a screening of three Buster Keaton short […]

It's one of our favorite events of the year - the annual ice cream social! Come down to Lowell Park in Stillwater and enjoy free ice cream from Leo's!  

Click the link below to be taken to the Google Drives for both the video recording and the presentation slides.  The slides are difficult to see on the video recording. […]

  https://youtu.be/zsl-DFgyWYk   Author Ryan Gale will be discussing everything from logs to legacies in a presentation on his brand-new book, Shanty Boys: The Lumbermen of the Upper Midwest 1830-1940. […]

Our second Black & White Movie Night! In honor of Black History Month, we are showing impactful silent film Within Our Gates (1919). Written, produced, and directed by Oscar Micheaux, […]

It's Black & White Movie Night! In honor of Major League Baseball's Opening Day in March, we are showing silent film Headin' Home (1920) starring none other than...Babe Ruth. Who […]

  https://youtu.be/QhL1awrkvxE Are you a true crime junkie? Do you follow criminal cases in court like it’s your job? This event is for all the small-time sleuths! Author Patrick L. […]

WCHS's Annual Meeting will take place on March 24, 2022 at the Stillwater Event Center, located at 1910 South Greeley Street (right next door to the Washington County Heritage Center!). […]

https://youtu.be/xOHe3cPy06A Whether you're a babyface or a heel, this event is for you! Author and wrestling historian George Schire will be presenting on the crazy world of wrestling and his […]