The Sheep Center provides hands-on experience and education for students majoring in Animal Science at OSU. Located on 600 acres of hillside pastures, the center maintains a 100-ewe breeding flock for research and education projects. In addition to research, the center is also utilized for extension work - the Animal Sciences Department and the College of Veterinary Medicine utilize the sheep center to teach various labs. 

The current Sheep Center was constructed in 1991, following a legislative appropriation of $300,000, in order to replace the older, dilapidated sheep barn that occupied the nearby space. The new construction added two more pens for flock management, a continuous roof, and a better livestock handling flow. 

SCARC: The Oregon State University Memorabilia Collection includes a small subject file about the Sheep Barn and the Sheep Center. In addition, the Robert W. Henderson Photographic Slides, the Animal Sciences Department Records, and the College of Agricultural Sciences Photographs all include several photos of the Sheep Barn and the Sheep Center. 

Oregon Digital: A search for "sheep barn" yields hundreds of results, many of them photographs and mentions in university periodicals. In addition, a search for "sheep center" also yields several results, most of them inclusion in university periodicals.