The collection was started in 1935 by the Tilicum Club, a women’s social and service organization, asked by pioneer families to preserve items of their history.

The Friends of the Cheney Historical Museum is now joined in partnership with the Tilicum Club and other volunteers in operating the museum, doing research, and preserving and caring for the collection.

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The Cheney Historical Museum is our local history museum dedicated to gathering, preserving, and sharing information and artifacts concerning the history of the Four Lakes, Marshall, Cheney, Tyler, and Amber districts of southwest Spokane County in eastern Washington. Our museum tells the story of communities born from agriculture and railroads, committed to education, and tied together by families.

The Northern Pacific Railway depot at Cheney c. 1910

Wheat threshing operation.