Reviews of Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (Museum)

Super Shopper

If your in the area you have to take the time and stop here. I know many of you have driven by and said to yourself we must go here some day. Do it

Elizabeth Tunstall

A wonderfully eclectic museum with many interesting displays on local history.

Marilee Church

It was such a wonderful time. Staff very friendly. Exhibits are excellent.

Alex Porter

Highly Recommended! My group of ten millennials decided to stop by having some time to kill in Tillamook and having seen surprisingly good reviews here on Google Maps. It did not disappoint. We kept ourselves entertained for over an hour. Note: Unless you are under 18, the museum is actually $4, not free like some other reviews said. The exhibits are aging a bit but covered a lot of interesting ground. The main floor is focused on history of the original Tillamook settlers including funny old photos and a look at what living was like back then; but also includes some local artwork, native history, and military history and artifacts. Don't miss the big old US map from the early 1900s which is packed with other weird reference info from the time such as the crazy time zones that existed before standard time. The basement covers the industrial history of the area. Upstairs is the star attraction--the main courtroom (it's an old courthouse) is packed with a taxidermy collection with every animal you can imagine. A local historian was even dressed up in Victorian era clothes and gave us a lesson in how women dressed back in the era.

Fred Saunders

Interesting displays. The curator was delightful and very knowledgable. A must see when you are in Tillamook!

Matthew Randall

Ruby helped me look through historical directories and old Sanborn fire insurance maps for a property that I was researching for a potential buyer. Everyone here was super helpful and they even emailed me a picture of the historic building that resided on the property in the early 1950s. What a great local resource and even more helpful staff. Will definitely come back here if I'm ever researching property in Tillamook!

Darren

Unexpectedly stumbled upon this interesting, seemingly hidden museum with a lot of local history displayed in a vintage building. A 1909 Buick car in the basement...interesting that it was a right hand drive. Min. half hour or a lot more to really take it in. Nicely done.

Stephanie Ayhens

Great set up.

Ryan Faherty

This museum has an AMAZING collection of Oregon history. I will be back!

Archangel Beloved

People just get a quickie

Daniel Hettenbach

Great example of the "Western local / pioneer / natural history museum" that all true Westerners grew up with. The evolution of these institutions to adopt academic standards and explore local history of indigenous peoples who where here first is a welcome expansion of the colonist/conqueror perspective. Every county in the Western United States has a dark violent history and recognizing this expands our understanding of humanities evolution without accepting it's failings.

Alex Spencer

$5 dollars for adults to soak up some history, deal!

Richard Smith

Very nice museum, lots of local history.

Sellwood Designs

Believe it! These are the stones that prove Francis Drake was in Nehalem Bay.

Tex Mex

Great collection!

Eric Wettengel

Very good stuff in the museum can spend hours there

karin hudgins

loved it! Lots of local history, photographs and such. Thought the native American room would have more history. The recreation of the bedroom is awesome! Employees were excellent

Ashley Conkey

There is so much in this museum. 3 floors of different stuff. Really good museum.

Kay Dickerson

New. Clean

Jennifer Green

Lots of great local history!

Joshua Gingerich

Very informative.

Mack Pines

I've visited a lot of museums on the Oregon Coast, but this one is probably the BEST! Spend at least two hours here checking out all 19 rooms of exhibits and artifacts. The history is so fascinating.

Sarah Classen

A fabulous museum!!! So much to see and alittle something for everyone! We have been here many times!

Nicole Hutchinson

The last at the front desk was very helpful and friendly.

Tim

Cool esperiance

Pam Perry

Had a wonderful time. The volunteer on duty was so helpful and informative that it enhanced our visit.

Trinity Haye

Lots of exciting things to see and learn about here. Staff is wonderful.

Bonnie Shoemaker

Enjoyed visit with granddaughters. Loved visiting again after 20 years! Recommend to others.

Jeff Wikstrom

Great displays and help at the museum.. We didn't have the time we needed to see everything. Would go again.

Jake Doberenz

Very detailed, informative, and fun! You will probably spend about an hour and a half going through everything if you keep up a decent pace, way longer if you stop to read everything.

Katrina Hurt

Great place to visit for great historic study, or if u just wanna take ur kids somewhere fun!

Peter Cornett

Very cool place, definitely worth the stop.

Rebecca Rosales

Great exhibits

Allyn Berry Graves

Love it every time I go

Jason Brown

My wife and I love this place. Lots of fun and quirky items on display here. From pioneer cookware to minerals to a room full of taxidermy'd animals, this place has a little bit of everything. A must-do if you're visiting Tillamook!

Charlie Brown

Really quite an amazing Museum. Upstairs is the most extensive and fascinating taxidermy display, hundreds and hundreds of specimen from all over the world. Looking forward to going back and seeing more detail. Very friendly staff

b tr

Fantastic experience at this museum. Absolutely staggering amount of items of interest. Their taxidermied wildlife room is the stuff of legend! 5 stars- will asolutely visit again!

wink Shingleman

wow wow! I have driven past the Tillamook museum many times, and finally got a chance to stop in. It was very old and spooky, but had loads of surprises. So I find a picture of my Great Grandmother staring at me, along with a load of other photos from other local families. Never even knew she lived in Tillamook! Anyways, there's a large military section, the Senator Mark Hatfield's collection of original President Lincoln memorabilia ( which is huge and amazing), and an extreme animal collection from around the world. Don't miss this!

Darci Collom

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Theresa Conner

I love the displays in this small museum. There are some truly unique items on display. Inexpensive and fun place to visit. If you are a fan of birds, the display of bird eggs from all over the world is not to be missed.

Brenda Sours

Wonderful

Casey Hogan

Awesome

Tami Holdredge

Love the history

Arlene Crooks

Birds. Bird eggs. Butterflies. Fossils. Lots of local history.

Douglas Norgaard

I was there for the Poetry Slam in the north room. While waiting I browsed some and Ruby, who worked there, was so informative and encouraged me to come back when I had more time. I asked if this was the original courthouse and she told that the first one had burned down and all the records were lost so they vowed to never have that happen again. She took me into the safe that was built to house the records for safe-keeping. It's a huge room with walls a foot thick and a heavy metal door. The whole facility was cool and very interesting. I only saw the first floor, but have already planned another visit with friends.

Mark White

Haven't been there

Brenda Schaffer

Fun ,interesting accounts of local and regional histories and intriguing shell, rock and taxadermy collections...and more.

William Granger

Much more interesting content then you would think

Jennifer Perry

Historical society

Richard Adams

Fascinating place to visit. If you're in the area, stop in!

Machelle Zehner

Very informative

Paula Zanter-Stout

Very nice museum

Jeff Underwood

Lots of local history in the old courthouse building.

David Moncrieffe

Perfect museum vibe. The one you had when you were a kid on field trip!

A A

Great place to stop and visit.

Camille Mccullough

Pretty interesting, it's like going back in time. Not a stuffy, stiff shirt kind of place at all but a quirky, creaky floor, what is that! kind of place. Each room, and there are lots of them had it's own vibe to it. The natural history room was one of the strangest, loved it!

tony187sound proof

Very cool place to vist

Gavin Inglish

It's a very interesting part of Oregon pioneer history

Neil Boyd

Nice place to learn history of area. Worth a visit.

Rob Reid

If you're from Tillamook County? It's a great way to learn about who you are

Buddy Evers

This is a hidden gem. Stopped in at the Pioneer Museum after attending the Saturday market. The admission price is a bargain. $1 kids and $4 adults. The museum contained three floors of interesting exhibits and artifacts. We liked the taxidermy room, war room, and the several pioneer themed rooms. Especially liked how the exhibits tied into local historical residents and events. Very low key museum, loved it.

Nathan McCorkle

Really nice collection of historic artifacts ranging from old vehicles to preserved/taxidermied animals, including forest fire and timber/logging tools and native American stuff

Evelyn Keener

Great little local museum focused on some original settlers in the area and pioneer life in general. There is also a fantastic natural history section on the top floor focused on the amazing animal preservation of A. Walker. So many great specimens to see, from the area and all around the world!

Jennifer Mckinney

Great museum with lots of displays of history and items from past

Jess Smith

Amazing rural museum, packed full of just about everything. There was a bunch of natural history, some fire camp, some initial settlers, some about the more modern wars, plus some cool old cars (eg, 1909 car that was more buggy than car). It was totally worth the $4 entrance fee.

Lorelie Beckwith

You need to check it out. Lots of very rare finds

Cat F

Such a fun museum to walk through and learn the history of Tillamook county

Greg Johnson

Lot of history packed in a 3 story building. Worth stopping in when you're in town

Theresa Trusty

Loved it as a kid growing up here. Moved away came back on vacation and revisited it. So many memories!

Toby Harrison

Great little museum, free to enter, and lots of info and interesting things to see. From the history of the area, to animals. Very neat and usually overlooked unique piece of our town.

a.b. chang

What a great little museum. Dont miss out on this place.

Chef Empire

Seemed lacking.

Emilie Broughton

Super quarkly! Love this place!

Chuck Barnhart

Very interesting and informative musem