Curriculum Resources,
Tours, Trunks & Road Shows
For answers to questions regarding the items listed below you may contact the Museum's Education Coordinator, by email or by phone at (541) 682-4242. To make a reservation request, you may use our online form. PLEASE NOTE: Any reservations initiated from this website will only be confirmed when you are contacted by LCHM's Education Coordinator.
History Trunk Request FormThe Lane County Hands-On History Traveling Trunk program is administered by the Lane County Historical Museum in partnership with the Willamalane Park and Recreation District/Dorris Ranch and the Lane Education Service District and the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House.
The mission of this project is to encourage students to make personal connections to history through real objects, literature, and other multi-disciplinary ways. Each trunk contains authentic and replicated items, as well as maps, illustrations and photos, all of which teachers and students are encouraged to handle.
The trunk themes are:
- Westward Migration (Oregon Trail & Early Settlement)
- Civil War
- America: A World Power (Late 19th/Early 20th Century U.S. Expansion)
- Shelton McMurphey Johnson House (Early Eugene history)
- World War II: The Oregon Homefront
- Fur Trading at Fort Umpqua
The trunks are large
(33" x 23" x 15") and weigh approximately 55 pounds. A vehicle with a large trunk or compartment will be necessary for transport. Two people should be used to load and unload trunk from a vehicle, it can be wheeled by one person like airport luggage.
- 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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