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A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum
Historical Society Membership

Become a partner in preserving our past by joining the Crook County Historical Society!
The Crook County Historical Society was formed in 1969 with the intention to record and
preserve the history of our county, the county in which the recent history of all Central
Oregon began. Please join us in our important work. We need your help!


Your annual membership helps to:

Build community knowledge

Create community loyalty

Inspire community responsibility


Society benefits include:

Field trips to places of historic interest

Quarterly newsletters

Four general meetings with historic programs

Periodic visiting lecturers

Plus a 10% discount at the Museum Gift Shop


The Endowment Fund

The Crook County Historical Society Endowment Fund is a permanent financial resource
supporting the Society's purpose and the operation of the Museum. Revenues from the
Endowment Fund are committed annually to the general operation of the Society and the A.
R. Bowman memorial Museum's programs. The Endowment Fund is managed for the
Society by the
Oregon Community Foundation. There are several methods you can use to
give to the Endowment fund and help insure the museum's long term financial stability.

Outright Gifts
of cash, property or securities

Deferred Gifts -- Charitable Remainder Trusts
With this give you give Bowman Museum the principle while you continue to collect the
income.

Planned Gifts Through Wills
Through your will you can bequest a specific amount of money,  property, or percentage
of your estate.

The Crook County Historical Society's first priority for the Endowment Fund is the growth
of the principal balance. This growth is essential to the ability of the society to assist in
providing stability for the A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum in the decades ahead.