"Lawson's Legacy" Museum

A Historical Museum of Idaho's Famous Owyhee County

The "Lawson's Legacy" Museum is a family friendly museum with a massive collection of artifacts and collectables of every kind. Items from the 1800's, Historic Silver City contents, a carved carousel horse, to a wall of 10.000 bottles. All in a park setting with the most amazing views of the Snake River.

The museum is complete with its own Pioneer Town that has everything a town needs and the rest of the multitude of buildings each hold another surprise of every sort. One fellow was asked what his favorite building was so far and he answered, "The next building!" Another visitor called this place the "Smithsonian of Idaho!".

Located in SW Idaho, near Grand View, a 60 mile drive south of Boise. The museum is located on the south side of the Snake River along the South Alternate branch of the Oregon Trail.

Other notable highlights of the museum include Indian artifacts, rock displays, sheep camps, carriages and so much more. With plenty of resting and picnicking spots on the greens or next to the river, there's every reason to relax and take it all in!

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The Branding Iron Coffee Shop

Open Saturday Mornings from 7am-12pm. We have coffee, coffee cake and other pastries available. Enjoy the river views on our covered deck or inside by the warm fire.

Come in just for coffee and pastries, or stay later to visit the museum. We hope to see you soon.

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Welcome to the Museum

Eddie and Jessica Florian would like to welcome you to the "Lawson's Legacy" Museum. It's historical name of Emu-Z-Um was a whimsical name inspired by the 100-plus emus once raised at the ranch by the original owners, Jack and Belva Lawson.These not very sociable, birds are native to Australia. We still have one at the museum,so come and see it. A link to more information about emus is located under the picture below.

A visit to the "Lawson's Legacy" Museum is an experience the whole-family will enjoy.

We hope to see you soon.

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Idaho Public Television Promo

Take a peek at Idaho Experience's newest program, "Hidden Gems," at IdahoPTV. At Idaho Public Television history is our passion. However, many historical events, artifacts, and landmarks are often overlooked or undervalued. In our new show, "Hidden Gems," we uncover five fascinating topics and wrapped them into an hourlong package. One of our stops was as Lawson's Emu-Z-Um, a historical museum located in Owyhee county. This unique collection features artifacts from the late 1800's and early 1900's that were used by Owyhee county pioneers and other early Idaho settlers.

The link to the full IdahoPTV "Idaho Experience" video about our museum is on our (Press Page).

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Check Out our Museum's Online 5 Star reviews:

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Link to: Basic Facts About Emus

Please Verify Our Open Hours Before Visiting

Link: Contact, Hours, and Fees Page

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What You Will Find

Remember when life was a little slower, living a little simpler, and Coke was just a nickel?  At the Lawson's Legacy Museum you can turn back the clock to that by-gone era.

Travel back to see an authentic replica of an early 1860’s town with wooden sidewalks, and picture-perfect storefronts. You can even visit the town jail.

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Owyhee County History

Our February 25, 2018, Art Hart published an article about early Owyhee county in the
The Idaho Statesman.
The article has been removed from the Statesman's website, however the article is available in PDF format here at: "Early Owyhee County, like 19th century America, was a melting pot of nationalities".

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Relocated from Silver City
the
"Silver City Schoolhouse Museum"

Live the experience of Silver City, Idaho’s boom town of the 19th century, including all the exhibits that were once in "The Silver City Schoolhouse Museum" in Silver City. See Silver City’s first hand-built automobile, and find out how it came to be.

As was mentioned in Art's above article, see how the Chinese impacted Silver City.

Special ironing-stove from Silver City used to heat sad irons in a Chinese Laundry.