The park presents a unique opportunity for public education as it enjoys 339, 944 day-use visitors each year.  It is also in a prime location for visits by area schools.  The Oregon State Parks Trust will raise $456,250 to update interpretive displays at the visitor center.

The updated interpretive displays will provide visitors with a better understanding of the historic significance of the Champoeg area and its role in the settlement of the Willamette Valley.  Housed in a rustic-looking building near the entrance of the park, the visitor center improvements include a new roof, paint, and a new heating/cooling system. 

The goal is to complete the restoration work in time for Oregon’s 150th anniversary of statehood on February 14, 2009.  Champoeg State Park was established to commemorate the organization of the Oregon Provisional Government at a settlers’ meeting held within the present park boundaries on May 2, 1843.

"If it wasn't for Champoeg... we wouldn't have a Sesquicentennial at all." Barbara Sidway, Chair, Oregon 150 Committee

The Oregon State Parks Trust has worked with the Friends of Historic Champoeg to design and construct the new interpretive displays that share the story of the Manson Barn and its role in the history of Champoeg State Park.

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