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Lane
County Historical Museum Museum
Hours 541-682-4242 Admission |
The Lane County Historical Museum is a doorway into Lane County’s fascinating past and a bridge to our communal identity in the present. Our current featured exhibit is “Law Enforcement in Lane County: The Human Face of Policing” which will run through September 2006. This exhibit will be accompanied by regular public programs; for the program schedule, see the museum newsletter on our web site. Visit us near the Lane County Fairgrounds and see an Oregon Trail covered wagon of 1850, Oregon-California stagecoach, and a 1908 Model T Ford. Other exhibits include a Victorian parlor, a pioneer living room and kitchen, clothing from the 1920s and 1930s, displays of early logging and blacksmithing equipment, and tools and household implements used by Native Americans and early settlers. Trained guides can provide tours for pre-school and school groups, and the museum also offers a series of prepared slide shows on various historic topics. The museum also houses an archives and research library. Use of the library and archives is by appointment and the research fee is modest. Our collections include diaries and correspondence of early Lane County families, early business and organization records, maps, blueprints of historic buildings, some genealogical material, and an extensive collection of historic photographs of Lane County. The Museum Gift Shop features period children’s toys, books, cards and prints of historical interest. The shop stocks back issues of the Lane County Historian. Visitors may also purchase archival supplies for use with their own family records.
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