Clark County Historical Museum officials will take a page from their library counterparts Friday by selling donated books.
Donation boxes are familiar sites at local libraries, with many people dropping in a book or two when they’re done reading them.
In Friday’s sale, the museum will be offering about 2,000 books — all from one donor. The donor wished to remain anonymous, said James Kice, administrative assistant at the museum.
The 2014 donation added up to about 80 boxes of books. They’re all are history related, with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest.
The sale is from 5 to 9 p.m. as part of a First Friday event at the museum, 1511 Main St. There will be no admission fee. Softcovers are $1; hardcovers are $2; boxes of books will be $5.
The books were donated for the benefit of the museum. While the museum does have a research library that can use some of the donated volumes, a fund-raising event will provide a bigger benefit, Kice said.
The sale will include some new volumes that have been lingering on the shelves of the museum’s bookstore: “Anything that’s been in the inventory since 2010,” Kice said.
Proceeds will help the museum through a wrinkle in its annual funding process.
The Clark County Historical Society is marking its centennial in 2017 and has pushed its annual fund-raising gala back several months to prepare for the 100th anniversary event. Money from Friday’s sale will help bridge the funding gap.
The museum had announced that old glass bottles also would be available, but that portion of Friday’s sale has been canceled. The bottles were unearthed during Vancouver’s riverfront project.
