Lane County Historical Society

Learn More about Lane County Historical Society & Museum

Welcome to the Lane County
Historical Society & Museum

Special Events & Programs:

Thank you for your patience as we make changes to our web site!

Here are just a few of our exciting new updates:

Online calendar and scheduling for Education Programs
Photos and updates from our Digital Scanning Project
Online shopping from our Museum Store
Information on current Lane County Historical Society publications
And much more!
Teachers: for current School Tour & Road Show information, please contact Heather.

Upcoming Speakers & Events:


April 1-October 31, 2008	2008 Passport to the Past
October 3, 2008 -January 31, 2009	Innovators and Inventors of Lane County: This exhibit features creative individuals from Lane County's past. Included in this exhibit are: Roy Scrogg's and his "Last Laugh" airplane built on the principle of the paper dart, progressive artist and teacher Maude Irvine Kerns whose work was influenced by Wassily Kandinsky, and photographer Elizabeth Romane among others. Opening reception: Friday, October 3.

Ongoing Exhibits

The Museum has on display an Oregon Trail Exhibition, Historic Vehicles, Period Rooms, Children's Exhibits, Jazz & Spats (a 1920s & 30s exhibition), early crafts and historic photographs of Lane County, and a miniature model of the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House on loan to the museum. Built by the Eugene Miniature Club, this eight year endeavor it is a faithful reproduction and contains stunning detail both inside and out.

Lane County Clerk's Building

Located on the south side of the museum building, this National Register Site is the oldest building in Lane County (1853).

NEW!

1880's Kitchen Interior

The museum staff has always felt the McDowell-Parker fireplace was in an undesirable location - right in the middle of the museum. It made it hard to figure out what to do to improve the museum's exhibits effectively. Our solution to the problem has been to move the fireplace to the outer wall and build a historically accurate wooden frame structure around it. We now have a room of rough hewn fir board walls, a period window and door, and a wood floor surrounding the stone fireplace. We are combining the fireplace from the Aden and Sarah McDowell house built in 1855 with our "Grand Superior" cast iron cook stove and items from our collection to create a kitchen interior from a house built in 1855 as it would appear in the 1880's.

2007 Passport to the Past Winners

Plan your next visit to the Lane County Historical Museum soon! It’s easy!

We're Open: Tuesday through Saturday
10 am to 4 pm; Closed Sundays and Mondays
Affordable Admission: Adults $3.00; Seniors $2.00; Youth (15 - 17) $.75; Free unlimited admission for Society members!
We’re easy to find next to the Lane County Fairgrounds: If you’re heading east on 13th Avenue, you’ll see our building between Monroe and Jefferson on the right. Look for a sign that says, “Museum Entrance”
The address is 740 W. 13th Ave.; Get directions here
Mailing Address: Lane County Historical Society; P.O. Box 5407
Eugene, OR 97405-3819
Free Parking: There’s plenty of free parking in the lot east of the Museum at the corner of 13th and Jefferson. Walk through the gates to enter the Fairgrounds. Walk past the white Clerk’s Building on your right and turn right for the Museum entrance.
Handicapped Access: The Main Exhibition Hall and Museum Store are accessible.
Shopping & Food: Shop at our Museum Store, open during regular hours. Members always receive a discount! There are many restaurants in nearby downtown Eugene. No food or drink is allowed in the Museum.