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The Siuslaw Pioneer Museum exhibits include historical items of the Siuslaw Valley and its surrounding areas. Many of the artifacts were made or used in the every day life of our pioneers. The Museum will be closed December 16 through February 4. We will be working on special projects and re-opening on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 to resume our regular schedule of Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. We look forward to your visit in 2025!
Help Save Our Wall:
A campaign to save our West Wall is underway. We appreciate your help in the effort to preserve history and our 1905 building! Read more HERE.
Online Indexes:
Search online indexes of Family Names and Subject Files as a source for your research or view the indexes and files at our on-site William Kyle Research Library. The library is located behind the Museum and open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 to 3 p.m. Call the library at (541) 997-7884, ext.1 for more information.
Latest Posts
Early Travel by Stage
During the 1850’s stage service began operating in western Oregon, with weekly service to Eugene. As pioneer settlers and industries grew in the Siuslaw Valley, so did...
DETAILS FOR A GREAT-GRANDSON
Once treasured family remembrances and pictures are often donated and accepted to become part of the Pioneer Museum’s collection. The museum makes every effort to...
THE WRECK OF A SCHOONER, THE BELLA
“I was working at the A.W. Hurd store at the time and remember the date as November, 1906.Other reports give 1905 as the time of the wreck”. Warner C. Waite, 1883 -...
DARREL BUNCH
There was so much work back then that you could quit one job in the morning and have another lined up the same day and go to work.One can’t speak of the history of...
THE EARLY RAILROAD
". . . passenger traffic made the route a paying one from the first day that a passenger coach was attached to the work train, and it is now necessary to carry two...