History Pub - Bringing Light and Color to Crater Lake
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McMenamins and Oregon Historical Society present History Pub
Bringing Light and Color to Crater Lake
Presented by Dr. Peter Boag and Megan Lallier-Barron
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater
Monday, November 30, 2026
7pm/doors 6pm
$5/$6 doors
All ages
Crater Lake National Park was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. It was the fifth of over sixty national parks in the United States. In commemoration of Oregon's only national park, the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has created a new exhibit, Creating a Masterpiece: Artists and the Origins of Crater Lake National Park (on view from November 20, 2026 to January 9, 2028) and published the 𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦's Fall 2026 special issue, entitled “Crater Lake and Artistic Imagination.”
Professor Peter Boag and OHS curator Megan Lallier-Barron tell the story of how 19th-century landscape painters brought Crater Lake to regional and national audiences and influenced its national park designation. They share the inspiration and research behind the exhibition and discuss how — through everything from historic paintings and photographs to museum objects and QR codes — they have made the story available to a modern audience.
Bringing Light and Color to Crater Lake
Presented by Dr. Peter Boag and Megan Lallier-Barron
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater
Monday, November 30, 2026
7pm/doors 6pm
$5/$6 doors
All ages
Crater Lake National Park was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. It was the fifth of over sixty national parks in the United States. In commemoration of Oregon's only national park, the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has created a new exhibit, Creating a Masterpiece: Artists and the Origins of Crater Lake National Park (on view from November 20, 2026 to January 9, 2028) and published the 𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦's Fall 2026 special issue, entitled “Crater Lake and Artistic Imagination.”
Professor Peter Boag and OHS curator Megan Lallier-Barron tell the story of how 19th-century landscape painters brought Crater Lake to regional and national audiences and influenced its national park designation. They share the inspiration and research behind the exhibition and discuss how — through everything from historic paintings and photographs to museum objects and QR codes — they have made the story available to a modern audience.
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McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States
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