Established in 1969, the Silverado Museum is a non-profit organization that houses one of the world’s most distinguished collections of Stevensoniana. Currently, the museum holds over nine thousand original items, many of which were acquired directly from heirs and friends of the Stevenson family. The collection includes original letters, manuscripts, journals, first, various early editions (including translations and annotated copies), rare periodicals, paintings and drawings, sculptures, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia.
Other rare pieces in the collection include Stevenson’s childhood letters and drawings, the last words he ever penned, two pages from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson’s own copy of his first book, An Inland Voyage, the desk at which he worked and composed Treasure Island, and over a hundred books from his library in Samoa.