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Springfield Museum
590 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477

Museum Hours
Tue-Thu: 10a-4p
Sat: 12-4p

541-726-3677
541-726-3688 fax

Admission
$2/Adults 19 and over
Youth are free

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The Springfield Museum includes:
• The Kathleen Jensen Gallery
• The Historic Springfield Interpretive Center
• The Museum Store

The Springfield Museum hosts changing exhibits of art and historic collections in the Kathleen Jensen Gallery. The Historic Springfield Interpretive Center pays homage to the strong men and women who built a community in the valley between the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers. The Interpretive Center has seven learning centers about the Kalapuya people, the railroad, the timber industry, daily life, historic preservation, agriculture and the Millrace.

The Museum was founded in 1980 and opened to the public in 1981. The Springfield Museum is part of Springfield City Hall complex that includes City Hall and the Springfield Public Library. Enter the Museum from the north doors facing City Hall.

The Museum can provide guided tours with advance notification.

The Springfield History Curriculum project is a program of Springfield Museum funded by Trust Management Services, LLC. The project's purpose is to organize existing material pertaining to the history of Springfield for use by third-grade teachers in District 19. Go to our web site to learn more.

Directions
• From Interstate 5 take Exit 194A, Springfield Highway 126/I-105 east.
• Proceed on Highway 126/I-105 to the exit, City Center Exit.
• Turn right onto Pioneer Parkway West and follow the City Center signs to A Street.
• Turn Left onto A Street and proceed to 6th Street.
• Turn right onto 6th and go 1 block to Main Street.
• Turn right onto Main and right into the Museum parking lot.

Parking
There is car and van parking in the parking lot on the west side of the Museum. Buses may unload on Fifth Street (one block down on Main and a right turn onto 5th) in front of City Hall. Buses may park there for a limited time or may park on B Street between 4th and 5th Streets.

The Springfield Museum today.

The building in 1916.

A view of the Interpretive Center inside the museum.