Tillamook County Pioneer Museum — Attraction in Tillamook

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...

A great regional museum featuring the history of the North Oregon Coast.

The museum has three floors featuring natural history, Native American, military, transportation, and the pioneer life.

The second floor on natural history feature dioramas of North American wildlife including birds, grizzly bears, deer and many other animals A large collection of seashells are also on this floor.

A Pioneer cabin and barn, a tree stump house and local history of the Coastal Native Americans are some of the highlights on the first floor.

The basement has a stage coach, a cedar canoe from the local Tillamook tribe, a harness shop from the early 1900's and a fire lookout station.

Located in the old county courthouse on Second Street near the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 101 in Tillamook.

A great museum to learn about the local coastal tribes and the Pioneer way of life with a number of interesting collections and exhibits on a wide range...

$7 for adults, $5 for seniors. We really enjoyed walking through the museum from the rooms set in their historical setting to a room full of military veterans uniforms. We liked that everything was well marked.

A surprise to me was the huge second story natural history collection. I enjoyed that the displays weren't scary and would consider bringing animal loving small children who want to see a real one. I had a new appreciation for several of the animals and the time it took to put together the displays.

Don't miss out on the basement from a Buick to a Bike to saddles and a forest service tower... there is a lot to see.

Free easy parking on the street behind...