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*About the Museum:
The Springfield History Museum is an educational institution authorized by the City of Springfield, Oregon to acquire, preserve, and interpret materials that illustrate the history and development of the City of Springfield and surrounding rural areas of east Lane County. The museum was organized for the purpose of serving the residents of Springfield, Oregon as the officially designated repository and interpretive center of Springfield's historical artifacts. The Springfield History Museum is part of the Springfield Public Library.

We have so many exciting and fun events at the Museum this October! Join us for:🎃 Fright! at the Museum, our fifth annua...
10/21/2026

We have so many exciting and fun events at the Museum this October! Join us for:
🎃 Fright! at the Museum, our fifth annual haunted house event, from October 22 to October 31
🎃The first annual Monster Bash, a collaboration with Springfield's The Block Party featuring a pumpkin derby, costume catwalk, live music, and drinks and snacks, on October 24 from 4pm to 9pm
🎃Our second Canine Costume Contest, featuring prizes from Pup’s Place and photobooth photos from Caught In The Act Entertainment, on October 29 at 5pm

The Springfield History Museum is THE place to be for October fun!

🎃Mark your calendars! Fright! at the Museum kicks off Thursday, October 22!  This year's theme is 'Screamfield General H...
10/19/2026

🎃Mark your calendars! Fright! at the Museum kicks off Thursday, October 22!

This year's theme is 'Screamfield General Hospital', bringing a spooky twist on Springfield's hospital history.

Springfield's first hospital is long gone, but the second still stands on F Street. Some of you might also remember the old McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, built in the 1950s.

More information 👉 https://wheremindsgrow.org/history_museum/fright

📸Photographs:
First Springfield Hospital, 1911
Second Hospital on F Street, date unknown
McKenzie Willamette Memorial Hospital, 1956

🎃It's spooky season at the Springfield History Museum!   We're preparing for our annual Fright at the Museum, when the m...
10/17/2026

🎃It's spooky season at the Springfield History Museum!

We're preparing for our annual Fright at the Museum, when the museum transforms into a haunted house for the last two weekends of October! And there's more Halloween fun to come, including the Screamfield Monster Bash and Canine Costume Contest.

More information on 👉 https://wheremindsgrow.org/history_museum/fright

⚠️Our regular exhibits will be closed during the festivities.

Photographs: Centennial Elementary School, circa 1990.

🎃Spooky season is here!🎃 Starting tomorrow (10/17) the Museum will be closed for normal operations during our Fright! at...
10/16/2026

🎃Spooky season is here!🎃 Starting tomorrow (10/17) the Museum will be closed for normal operations during our Fright! at the Museum annual fundraiser event, and we will reopen for normal hours starting on November 5th. Join us for thrills and chills October 22/23/24 and 29/30/31, with all proceeds supporting our mission of collecting, protecting, and sharing Springfield history and culture!

New in the Museum gift shop! "Kalapuya - Chinuk wawa Ikanum" is a collaboration between David G. Lewis, Author and his s...
10/10/2026

New in the Museum gift shop! "Kalapuya - Chinuk wawa Ikanum" is a collaboration between David G. Lewis, Author and his son, illustrator Saghaley Lewis, (Grand Ronde Tribes) and uses wonderful illustrations of animals, birds, plants, and fish of K’alapuya lands, with their names shown in both Kalapuyan and Chinuk wawa languages. It's been a big hit with our forest critters and visitors alike! Now available for $15.00 both in the Museum and online through the Friends of the Springfield Public Library and History Museum 🐻🦊🦌🪻

October is  ! 📜Photographs can tell us a lot about the past, but letters and notes found in archives often reveal the st...
10/09/2026

October is ! 📜

Photographs can tell us a lot about the past, but letters and notes found in archives often reveal the stories behind them. Take this photograph from around 1910, which shows the Skelly family outside their converted railroad car home in Springfield.

In an accompanying letter, daughter Lillian Skelly-Fox shares memories of life as a railroad family: "We lived [...] in outfit cars all up and down the main line, until S. P. Co. decided no children could live in the outfit cars after a small child was killed by a passing train."

👉Read the family's story in our Online Catalog: https://hub.catalogit.app/springfield-history-museum

New Artists and Live Music at the City Hall Gallery! The Springfield Arts Commission invites the public to Short Stories...
10/05/2026

New Artists and Live Music at the City Hall Gallery!
The Springfield Arts Commission invites the public to Short Stories, an exhibition of photographic composites by Paula Goodbar, on view throughout October at City Hall Gallery, at 225 5th Street. An opening reception will be held Friday, October 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public and will feature light refreshments and live music by Jonathan Davies.

Youth Art Gallery
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Hope and Safety Alliance will present a community exhibition at the Youth Art Gallery throughout October. The exhibition features poetry, paintings, and drawings created by community members, offering a range of personal perspectives and creative expressions.

225 5th Street, Springfield OR, next to the library
Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursdays: 12 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fridays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Closed Sundays and Mondays

You can also join us at the Springfield History Museum during the Art Walk!

The ILLUMINATION Advisory Committee (IAC) wrapped up the ILLUMINATION Community Forum | Foro Comunitario event series, f...
10/01/2026

The ILLUMINATION Advisory Committee (IAC) wrapped up the ILLUMINATION Community Forum | Foro Comunitario event series, funded by Oregon Humanities, by welcoming 53 beautiful humans from tiny tots to elders across a spectrum of identities at Memo's Mexican Restaurant on Main Street last night.

Together with partners across Lane County we've hosted a total of 5 conversations about freedom, centering the voices and perspectives of Latino, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacirfic Islander, Black and African American, American Indian and Alaska Native community members. From Cottage Grove to Junction City, and to Blue River to Florence, and finally last night in Springfield with panelists Sheena Puls, Aimee Yogi, Michael Kay Klindt, and Mariela German Hernandez with Antonio Huerta facilitating and a welcome introduction and project history by Springfield History Museum's Mindy Linder.

"Grateful for the people who showed up, shared, and listened. A lovely way to close the series—and keep the conversation going," expressed IAC member Melissa "Mimi" Nolledo.

We look forward to continuing the conversation and this powerful work of ILLUMINATION. SAVE THE DATE for the opening of our next ILLUMINATION Collection centering the LGBTQIA2S+* history and experiences of Springfield and rural east Lane County during the 2nd Friday Art Walk on December 11, 2026 at the Springfield History Museum.

*LGBTQIA2S+: Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit, with the plus sign representing additional sexual orientations and gender identities

Photos by Mimi Nolledo and Robert Scherle.

👻VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2026! 👻Do you love Halloween? 👀Do you love making people laugh, scream, cry,...
09/28/2026

👻VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2026! 👻
Do you love Halloween? 👀
Do you love making people laugh, scream, cry, or all three? 😈
Do you want to be part of a fun community event while supporting local history?
Then we want YOU at this year's Fright! At the Museum fundraiser! 🩸🎃

We’re looking for volunteers to join our fifth annual Fright! at the Museum fundraiser this October, when we turn the Springfield History Museum into a haunted house to raise money for programming, exhibits, and artifact care. Some of the reasons to join:

🖤 You’ll become part of our Fright! At the Museum family!
👻 You get to scare people for a good cause! And if scaring isn't your thing, we always need help other ways too!
🍕 Snacks and dinner offered every night!
🎃 Costumes and makeup provided!
🫶 You’ll meet some of the coolest, weirdest, most dedicated, fun people around!

🕙 We start at 3:45 PM and we’re usually wrapped up around 9:00 PM, and we offer shorter shifts too!
📆 Our dates are 10/22, 10/23, 10/24 and 10/29, 10/30, 10/31-pick a shift, a day, a week, or join us for the whole thing!

Whether you’re a seasoned actor or you’ve NEVER scared anyone in your life, we want you! You don’t need experience. We’ll help you find your character and show you how to have fun with it!

If you’re interested, send us a message and we'll get you the details!

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590 Main Street
Springfield, OR
97477

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

(541) 726-2300

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