The sign was posted on the side of the former Umpqua River Lighthouse residence. It read, "Umpqua River Lighthouse Tours Museum Gift Shop."

A bronze plaque was attached to stones on the side of the Museum. It read, in part, "Coastal Visitor Center."

The building was two story with gables. It was the former residence for the lighthouse workers that had been converted into a museum and gift shop.

On one end of the building were stairs down into the gift shop. At this end of the building was a ramp that the the disabled, elderly, and otherwise encumbered could use to enter.

A display in the museum showed the original fort, a Fort Umpqua, occupying what is today the town of Winchester Bay.

A trunk, on the floor between two windows, contained examples of clothing and bedding used by the original inhabitants of the lighthouse residence. A sign on the trunk warned, "Please do not touch. Thank you."

A poem was posted over an example of an old wooden bread box. It read:

The Bread Box

'Twas on the ships that sailed our coast,
   we know bugs and critters were the hosts.
In a bread box they did live,
   flavor to the bread they did give.

The plans for the lighthouse were posted on a wall. They showed the details of its construction for those interested in such things.

A silver cup was on display inside a plexiglass case. Below that cup was a sign (not shown) which read:

Silver Cup
A successful Scottsburg merchant, Captain George Snelling, presented this silver "loving cup" to the Sawyers family in celebration of the first child born in Scottsburg-- Anna Augusta Sawyers