Welcome to the Lane County Historical Society & Museum
Book Sale!
Pick up some books for summer reading at the Museum’s Book Sale. Prices on Society publications and other good reads will be cut 75 percent or more! With the Book Lover’s Deal, buy 4 non-sale books and get the 5th book of equal or lesser value free. Plus, members can pick up free copies of selected titles:
- A Piece of the Old Tent
- Pittmon Map of Eugene
- Springfield and Lane County
- Catalogue of Manuscripts in LCHM
- Lost Wagon Train of 1853
Featured Exhibit
Tie Dye & Tofu: How Mainstream Eugene Became a Counterculture Haven
May 8, 2010 to March 31, 2011
What makes Eugene Eugene? This exhibit addresses the change in Eugene occurring 1965 through 1975. It features the people and events, the politics and issues, and the fashion and music of the time. Visit the Tie Dye & Tofu Blog to learn more about it.
Passport to the Past is once again underway!
Passport to the Past takes kids on a journey travelling through local history. To participate, pick up your free passport at a participating museum. Then, visit the museums listed in the passport and complete each museum’s challenge sheet correctly to earn a stamp. Get at least six stamps from the 14 participating museums and become eligible for a drawing for prizes, including the grand prize of $125 in U.S. silver dollars commemorating the incorporation of the city of Springfield. The contest began May 1 and ends October 31. Prize drawings will be made November 13 during a celebration at the Lane County Historical Museum. Winners will be announced publicly and do not need to be present to win. Only one entry per contestant; contestants must be between the ages of 5 and 17.
This is the fourth year the Historical Museums Coalition of Lane County have sponsored Passport to the Past. Passport to the Past museums include:
- Applegate Pioneer Museum
- Bohemia Gold Mining Museum
- Cottage Grove Museum
- Dorris Ranch
- Eugene Masonic Cemetery & Hope Abbey Mausoleum
- Junction City Historical Society Museums
- Lane County Historical Society & Museum
- Museum of Natural & Cultural History
- Oakridge Museum
- Oregon Air & Space Museum
- Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
- Siuslaw Pioneer Museum
- Springfield Museum
- Wayne Morse Family Farm
NEW!
The museum is now accepting donations of digital photo images which document Lane County history to add to our photograph collection. Publication and ownership rights and privileges must transfer to the museum with the images. If you are interested in donating digital images under these provisions, contact the archives at (541) 682-4242.
Online Photography Database
The Museum’s nitrate negative historical photography collection is now online. Click to browse our collection now. You can search to find ancestors, to aid research, or just to enjoy images of the past. The online database is a work in progress, so check back often for additional images.
Image of the Month
Every three years from 1926 to 1950, the people of Lane County celebrated their pioneer heritage with an Oregon Trail pageant play, parade, and other festivities. In this photograph, a horse-drawn carriage parades down Willamette Street during the second Oregon Trail celebration in 1929.
Ongoing Exhibits
The Museum has on display an Oregon Trail Exhibition, Historic Vehicles, Period Rooms, a children’s area, the Digital Scanning Project living exhibit, early crafts and historic photographs of Lane County. Be sure to see the Lane County Clerk’s Building. This National Register Site is the oldest building in Lane County (1853) and is located outside on the south side of the museum building.
Learn More about Lane County Historical Society & Museum
- It’s easy to plan your next visit to the Lane County Historical Museum!
- 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.
- Free Parking
- There’s plenty of free parking in Fairgrounds East Parking Lot. To get to the Museum entrance, walk through the Fairgrounds gates, past the white Clerk’s Building, and turn right. Or park in the Museum courtyard by circumnavigating the Convention Center and driving down the alley between the Center and the Auditorium.
- Parking Map
- Mailing Address
- Lane County Historical Society
- P.O. Box 5407
Eugene, OR 97405-3819 - 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.
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