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.
School Tour Request FormSelf-guided Museum Tour
The public is always welcome to visit the Museum during our regular hours, Tuesday - Saturday 10 am to 4pm. Please call ahead if you are bringing a group to ensure that your tour will not conflict with any others. Educators are always welcome to stop by and preview the museum at no cost prior to scheduling a tour.Grade School Guided Tour
This fun, interactive tour focuses on pioneers and early settlement in Lane County. Students have the opportunity to write on blackboards with real slate pencils, try on bonnets or straw hats, stand behind the bars of the 1892 jailhouse and ring the 1898 courthouse bell. This tour is an excellent introduction to the study of the Oregon Trail. Grade 3-5.
Preschool and Kindergarten Tour
This engaging tour introduces young children to local history through an interactive presentation and hands-on activities (see grade school tour description above.) Designed for children 4-6 years of age.
General Tour Information
Detailed information for 2009-2010 School Tours will be available online in September, 2009. Please check back!
Docents
Assistance League of Eugene: Our amazing Docents donate their time, enthusiasm and talent to our school tour program through Assistance League of Eugene's Oregon Heritage Committee. Other committee members work behind the scenes, sewing costumes, preparing curriculum packets and providing support wherever it is needed. To learn more about the wonderful work Assistance League of Eugene does in our community, visit their website at: aleugene.com
To request a school tour, please fill out our School Tour Request Form. Please be sure to indicate the date and time you would like to reserve for your class.
- 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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