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.

• Curriculum Resources
• Museum Tours
• Trunks
• Road Shows

The Lane County Hands-On History Traveling Trunk program is administered by the Lane County Historical Museum inpartnership 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

Civil War

Shelton McMurphey Johnson House*

Fur Trading and Hudson Bay Company*

America, a World Power

An accompanying preview guide and bibliography are available for each trunk. The trunks may be checked out for one week from September through October and mid March through June. The trunks marked with a * are only available from mid March through June.

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.

Trunk Request Form

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.