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Thursday – Saturday
10am – 6pm
740 West 13th Ave, Eugene OR.
At the Lane County Fairgrounds
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Community Highlight
LCHM is proud to highlight two episodes from Whitney Donielson’s podcast People of the Valley.
A Strange Tragedy – Some Memories Of Pre:
The Eggsnatchur:
More about Whitney:
Whitney Donielson (she/they) was born and raised in Eugene, and has lived here most of her adult life. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s degree in English, and currently works in higher education providing direct student support.
Several years ago, she took a workshop to learn how to create audio stories. Since then, she has been combining her curiosity about local history and culture and her love of audio storytelling into her podcast, People of the Valley, which tells stories from the Willamette Valley and the people who live here.
In addition to making audio stories, Whitney likes to cook, walk, hike, read, make crafts, and hang out with her spouse and their pets. In 2020, she visited all 100+ city-owned parks and natural areas in the City of Eugene, and is currently working her way through the parks in other Lane County cities and towns.
Lane County History Museum recognizes the history of injustice against the diverse peoples of our community by the perpetuation of racist ideologies and by omission from the activities and collections of our organization.
As stewards of history-related collections, we must work to be inclusive and equitable in all aspects of our organization, or otherwise we will be complicit in systemic prejudice. Lane County History Museum is committed to uncovering local history that confronts internal biases and includes what is absent in order to expand our understanding of Lane County’s past.
For more information on our diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion goals and the actions planned to meet those goals, read our action plan below.
Behind the Exhibits
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Museum Research Services are Available
Please visit our reading room to see our publicly available archives. For more in-depth research or photo requests, please visit our Research Library and Photo Order pages. Thank you for your interest in Lane County History!