preserve the past, shape the future
Join Us in Building a Timeless Legacy for the Greenbrier Valley – Donate Today! With your support we can continue to offer amazing field trips for local children, create unique and exciting programming for the community, continue to offer exhibits to show off our great collections and share new stories, and preserve the history that we love.
make a donation in honor
Make a donation to the Greenbrier Historical Society in honor of someone—to celebrate a birthday, wedding, holiday, or another special occasion—or in memory of someone. Just make a note at checkout explaining who you would like to honor and we will make sure they or their loved ones are notified.
donating objects
Collecting Scope for the Greenbrier Historical Society: The geographic scope of the Archives is the Greenbrier River Valley (Greenbrier County, Pocahontas County, Monroe County, and Summers County). The museum collects items related to the history of the Greenbrier Valley, including that of schools, churches, towns, communities, and businesses, and commercial industries.
Records are accepted, regardless of date. The museum does not have a chronological cut-off date for acquisitions
• The Greenbrier Historical Society assumes that the donors and vendors are the sole and lawful owners of materials being donated or sold. The historical society takes no responsibility in establishing ownership prior to or subsequent to a donation or purchase.
• All donations are subject to formal approval by the Collections or Archives Committee. Upon acceptance the material becomes outright and unconditionally owned by the Historical Society and may be used in any manner within the professional discretion of the Greenbrier Historical Society. This may include the eventual disposal through deaccessioning from the permanent collection if deemed necessary according to Collections Policy guidelines.
• The Greenbrier Historical Society cannot agree to exhibit material permanently, keep material permanently, or guarantee donor acknowledgement with material on exhibition or in other uses.
• When the Greenbrier Historical Society accepts an item into its collection it pledges to care and preserve the object to the best of its ability in perpetuity and provide access to the public when it does not endanger the safety of the item.
Contact The North House Museum, to discuss the donation of materials to the museum's collections:director@greenbrierhistorical.org
304-645-3398