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Free to the public, it houses thousands of artifacts. It includes permanent exhibits on the 1935 USS Macon disaster off Point Sur, the Ohlone and Rumsien tribes that once lived in the area, the Spanish exploration of the California coast and the Monterey sardine industry. [1] It is operated by the Monterey History and Art Association. [2]
The gardens outside were used for bullfights and bear fights. The Pacific House Museum tells the story of Monterey when it was the capital of Spanish and Mexican California, and also contains the Monterey Museum of the American Indian. [18] This building is a California Historical Landmark (#354). [19]
The Tuberculosis Movement : A Public Health Campaign in the Progressive Era (1988) Tomes, Nancy. "The private side of public health: sanitary science, domestic hygiene, and the germ theory, 1870-1900." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 64.4 (1990): 509-539. online; Tulchinsky, Theodore H., and Elena A. Varavikova. "A history of public health."
Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1847–49 by Walter Colton, who arrived in Monterey as the chaplain on Commodore Robert F. Stockton's vessel. He remained and was named as Monterey's first alcalde (mayor) in the American Period. Colton Hall originally contained rooms ...
Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people. Caution tape has been put up but crowds are still ...
Natural history: Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum: King City: Monterey: Monterey Bay: Open air: website, includes the exhibit barn, blacksmith shop, and the History of Irrigation Museum, 1898 Spreckels House, 1887 schoolhouse, 1903 train depot Monterey County Youth Museum: Monterey: Monterey: Monterey Bay: Children's: website ...
This list of museums in California is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Ramona Museum of California History San Gabriel: San Gabriel Valley: History: website, California history, operated by the Native Sons of the Golden West: Rancho Los Alamitos: Long Beach: Los Angeles Harbor Region: Historic house: Early 19th century adobe ranch house and barns with animals Rancho Los Cerritos: Long Beach: Los Angeles Harbor ...