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BACKSTORY:
The Roy M. Chatters Newspaper & Printing Museum, located on Main Street in the restored Collard Building in downtown Palouse, Washington, houses historic printing equipment and archives of Whitman County newspapers dating back to the 1880’s, as well historical items from the area.
Roy M. Chatters was a retired nuclear engineer from Washington State University who began a quest to collect antique printing equipment with the dream of setting up a working museum. The museum was open for 20 years, until the flood of 1996 caused extensive damage to the wooden floor, and it was closed for safety reasons.
Thanks in part to a Heritage Capital Projects grant from the Washington State Historical Society, Dr. Chatters’ dream of sharing his love of printing machines lives on in downtown Palouse.