The Old Aurora Colony Museum is a venue that promotes preservation and education on the original German Christian Aurora Colony through research and public programs. The town is a treasure chest when it comes to antique and gift shops that are housed in Colony structures and the Museum is one of it.

The Old Aurora Colony Museum, which is a 5-building complex, contains artifacts that relate to Aurora, Oregon being the site of a Christian communal society for 2 decades during the 19th century. In the Pacific Northwest, Aurora was the only settlement with such distinction.

With the Aurora Historical Society behind the Museum, it also promotes the lifelong interactive learning by inspiring people to feed their curiosity about Aurora Colony?s heritage.