Help keep history alive: Donate to the Clarke!

Dear supporters & members, we need your help!
Funds are tighter than ever, and the Clarke is making some changes.
​We thank you for your understanding & continued patronage throughout these difficult times.
Here at the Clarke Historical Museum, we are a non-profit heavily dependent on your admissions & membership dues to keep the lights on. This means an intermittent cash flow that causes basic maintenance, major projects & costly fixes to take much longer to be completed. With the help from our community & their consistent outpours of generosity, we get donations from local businesses & prominent members alike to help in our endeavors, and for them we are eternally grateful!
Anything you can share is deeply appreciated by the dedicated staff, docents & volunteers of the Clarke
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We also take local historical item donations! 

Items that show how people lived in Humboldt County from the recent to the distant past - items that reflect special happenings and everyday life--items that a local connection or reflect styles and activities known locally--such as:
  • Photographs
    ​Community events, weddings, home interiors, streetscapes, sports, trains, workplaces, farming, transportation, lumber, fishing, ship building, area towns, entertainments, tourism, local buildings, local people or people in period fashions, work by local photographers, etc.
  • Clothing and Textiles
    Men's, women's and children's clothing from the 1850s to the present.  Accessories like shoes, hats purses, ties, costume jewelry, etc. Quilts, banners, linens, aprons, handwork, etc. 
  • Books and Music
    Books on local subjects or by local authors, cookbooks, children's books, local yearbooks, local directories, schoolbooks, some general interest books, sheet music and records in jackets, etc. 
  • Newspapers and Magazines
    Local newspapers from 1850 to the present, national magazines on general interest topics: fashion, household, news, entertainment, sports, hobbies, etc. Mail order catalogs.
  • Paper Items
    Letters, greeting cards and Humboldt postcards, posters, invitations, receipts, ledger and ads from local businesses, doctors, events, unions, fraternal groups, clubs, churches, schools, government, elections, entertainment, etc. clothing patterns. 
  • Tools
    Tools used at home, on farms for hunting and fishing or in local industries and businesses, medical implements, weapons, etc.
  • Household
    Kitchen utensils, china, glass, holiday items, commercial packaging and promotional items, toiletries, art work, home entertainment, kick knacks, small appliances, sports items, smoking accessories, toys, games, campaign buttons, awards from local events, local souvenirs, etc.
  • Native American
    Baskets, regalia, and stone artifacts, from local tribes - the Wiyot, Karuk, Yurok, Hupa and Tolowa. ​​
Remember, history begins yesterday. It need not be "old" to be preserved in the museum for future generations!
Donations are tax deductible.  The museum is a 501(c) 3 not for profit corporation EIN #94-1651124.
Please contact [email protected] before bringing your items by the museum.