South Lake Tahoe, California

History

Tahoe's shores have attracted summer visitors for thousands of years. The first to enjoy the basin were the Washo. Later came Europeans like "Lucky" Baldwin. Many luxurious estates, the Baldwin, Pope and Heller Estates, remain today.

Sacramento, California

History

Tehama Block in Sacramento, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Temecula, California

History

Temecula Valley Museum in Temecula, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Redlands, California

Church, Culture, History, Historic House, Specialized

A 1937 WPA reconstruction of the 1819 San Bernardino Rancho Estancia. The historic property was home to pioneer settlers Jose del Carmen Lugo, Mormon Bishop Nathan C. Tenney, and Dr. Benjamin Barton. California Historic Landmark #42

Sacramento, California

History, Library

The Bear Flag Museum is a nonprofit, virtual museum/library dedicated to collecting at one location all information about the California Bear Flag. Our hope is for the Bear Flag Museum to continue developing into a premier site for all information, art, images, textual materials, articles, links related to the California Bear Flag. Beyond growing the website's information and images, we hope to become a center for continuing research and writing related to the history of the California Bear Flag since 1846. We hope to become a significant resource for schools and teachers in the education of California students. Ultimately, we hope to create a physical museum for the California Bear Flag. The Bear Flag Museum was developed in the Fall 2006 and originally came online in January 2007.

Cupertino, California

History, Historical Society, Library

Our purpose is to "Create a Passion for the Past." We do this by collecting the artifacts and ephemera that represent the past and present of Cupertino. The Cupertino Historical Society & Muesum houses approximately 3000 artifacts spanning over 100 years of Cupertino's history - including settlement, agriculture, education, home life, and business. Select artifacts are displayed in our museum according to theme in rotating vignette exhibits. Our society hosts a quarterly lecture series featuring topics of historical interest to our community.

Temple City, California

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The hall is available to rent for events. For details please visit http://tchistoricalsociety.org.

Stockton, California

Archaeology, Culture, History, Library, Nature Centers, Science, Specialized, University

The museum is located in the William Knox Holt Library on the University of the Pacific, Stockton campus. It is in the Library on the main floor. It is called the Muir Experience and is mainly digital, though the archives have many of John Muir's original papers.

Riverside, California

History, Science, Specialized

The Southern California Medical Museum is dedicated to preserving the history and artifacts of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing and related fields in Southern California and the West. We are committed to educating the public about the contributions of medicine in our lives and the history of how this came about.

Stockton, California

Children's, History, Historic House, Specialized

The Tidewater Southern Railway Historical Society maintains a railroad museum at the San Joaquin County Fair grounds in Building #1 behind the Administrative Office. The Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Tidewater Southern Railway. Their museum displays artifacts and information of the Tidewater Southern along with a railroad display that depicts many of the sites along the Tidewater Southern.

Tehachapi, California

History

Tehachapi Museum in Tehachapi, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Tehama, California

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

In 1980 the Tehama County Museum foundation was created by a group of local citizens to preserve and exhibit artifacts that represent the cultural heritage of Tehama County. -- For years a highway sign on Highway 99E directed travelers to the First Tehama County Court House, which was to the Masonic building. In 1962 when the Masons were celebrating their 100th Anniversary, they arranged to have Superior Court Judge Curtiss Wetter hold court there for one session. However, the act did not succeed in saving the California Historical Landmark designation for the building. In 1980 the building was designated as a National Historic Site. When the new Masonic building was erected in Los Molinos for Molino Lodge No.

Angels Camp, California

Cemetery, Children's, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Altaville Schoolhouse, located in the settlement of that name in Calaveras County, California, is one of the best preserved of the proverbial one-room little red schoolhouses in California. Built of brick in 1858 and actively used until 1950, the little school witnessed the instruction of hundreds of children from the Mother Lode region. When it was closed the building began to deteriorate, but by good fortune it was located on property which became the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Altaville Fire Station. Through the efforts of CAL FIRE the building was identified as an important historical structure worthy of preservation.

Los Angeles, California

Anthropology, Art, Culture, History, Library

In addition to ongoing and special exhibitions, the Autry continues to provide a wide range of programs, special activities, and events designed for a variety of interests and all ages.

Camp Roberts, California

Culture, General, History, Library, Military, Specialized

The Camp Roberts Historical Museum does not drift into the mainstream of museums, with every exhibit locked away behind glass. Instead, the visitor drifts among the epochs of the camp's enormous history, in an intimate association with the subject. Even the buildings and surroundings are kept primitive to some noticeable extent in order to imbue in the visitor a sense of the historic. It is experiential. It's not a product. It's not a showcase. It's a virtual fairground of important soldier history. And important visitors from the world over have commented that it is one of the most fascinating, well-designed, informative and interesting museum in the nation.

Stockton, California

Art, Culture, General, History, Library, Park

The Haggin Museum, an art and history museum located in Stockton, has been referred to by Sunset magazine as "one of the undersung gems of California." The impressive brick building has stood in the center of Stockton’s lush Victory Park for 79 years, but it’s what’s on the inside that makes it worth visiting.

Half Moon Bay, California

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

San Andreas, California

History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Red Barn is the former dairy barn of the old County Hospital and stands proudly as a dominant landmark along Mountain Ranch Road. The Red Barn Museum showcases Calaveras County’s rich history in agriculture, mining, logging, and ranching. Actual mining carts, farm wagons, and other donated objects make up the elaborate displays. Many of the displays were made possible through the help and donations of community members and local businesses. We thank everyone involved for their continued support.

Three Rivers, California

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Three Rivers California is located on the Kaweah River at the junction of its three or more tributaries and is the gateway to Sequoia National Park.

Tomales, California

History

Tomales Regional History Center in Tomales, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.