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Imperial Valley Desert Museum

Ocotillo, California

Archaeology, Art, Children's, Culture, General, History, Natural History, Science

The Imperial Valley Desert Museum is a new facility in the heart of the Yuha Desert housing Native American and historic artifacts collected from within the Imperial Valley. Opening a new museum in the twenty-first century, we do not want to be seen as an exhibit within four walls, but we want to engage and interact outside of the limitations of the "box", our new building, both metaphorically and physically.

Ironstone Heritage Museum

Murphys, California

General, History, Historic House, Natural History, Science, Specialized

Tantalize your senses and explore our award-winning wines in our Tasting Room and Gourmet Delicatessen, rustic and elegant with its monumental 42-foot stone fireplace and historic oak bar. Wind your way through The Heritage Museum and Jewelry Shoppe , where fine jewelry and objects d’art are intertwined with a collection of gold rush treasures, including a rare, one of a kind, forty-four pound Crystalline Gold Leaf Specimen - the largest in the world!

Indian Valley Museum

Taylorsville, California

History

The museum was established to preserve the history of Indian Valley. This history includes that of the Native Americans, early settlers, miners, ranchers and loggers and the towns of Greenville, Crescent Mills, Taylorsville, Genesee and Englemine.

Irvine Historical Society & Museum

Irvine, California

History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Museum is housed in the oldest building on the ranch, built circa 1877. The building was used as the cooking wing and bunkhouse of the 1868 Ranch Manager's house built by James Irvine I.