Future Plans and Wish List

The Wilson Historical Society’s Endowment Trust Fund reached an important mile-stone when its December 31, 2009 value was slightly over $106,000. Ten years ago we formulated the initial goal of growing the Endowment to achieve a value of at least $100,000. To read more about the Endowment and/or make donations please visit our Monetary Donations page. One of our biggest wishes for the future is to continue to grow the Endowment!

One of the upcoming projects involves increasing security at the Museum. Security has not been a problem, but we are being proactive in terms of taking additional security measures. In addition, our library space—which we once thought was ample—has been totally exhausted. We need to add more shelf space and reposition some of the items in the Museum to the Museum Annex. Once plans are firmed up we will begin the process of securing funding to enable us to accomplish these projects.

We now have two separate (but, adjacent) buildings—the original Museum and the Annex acquired a couple of years ago. A long-term objective is to join these buildings together, reposition the Museum entrance, and relocate many of the items/sections of the Museum. At present this is simply a dream.

Finally, what the Wilson Historical Museum accomplishes is a direct function of the interests of its volunteers. If you have interest in some facet of the history of Wilson and/or the surrounding communities, we would enjoy visiting with you to see if there is a mutual interest in working together to enhance the preservation of the history of this part of Oklahoma.