The Creation of the Sheridan Museum of History.

In October 2005, a group of local historians met to put together a display for the celebration of the City of Sheridan’s 125th birthday. A permanent organization was formed shortly thereafter with Jane Hensley as President.

Later, we started to look for a building that we could share this collection with the residents and visitors to Sheridan. In 2012, Lucy Hebert offered us a building to use as a temporary location. This gave us the opportunity to see if the residents were interested in having a local museum. We continued to collect donated items and the interest in the museum was more than positive. However, try as we might, we could not find a permanent location. By 2013, we were established as a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit corporation which allowed us to look at applying for some grants to help us out.

In December 2016, the Sackett Building became available, but it was in need of some renovation. One of our members stepped up and secured the building on our behalf and the renovation work began. It took us all of 2017 to raise the money and complete the renovation of the building. We were able to move the collection in January 2018. It took all of January to unpack and set up the collection and we opened to the public on February 17. Now, the museum has also become a community/senior center for many local organizations. In March 2019, we were able to raise the money and purchase the property.

This is only the beginning of our story as it is our goal to “Make History Matter” for Sheridan residents and visitors for a very long time.

ADMISSION IS FREE. Donations are welcome!