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Geology, native American, mining, and pioneer history. Chew Kee Store Museum: Fiddletown: Amador: Gold Country: History: 1855 Chinese herb shop, operated by the Fiddletown Preservation Society [3] Chinese American Museum of Northern California: Marysville: Yuba: Sacramento Valley: Ethnic - Chinese: website, Chinese participation in the gold rush
This list of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area 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.
The California African American Museum has a budget of about $3.5 million a year. Admission is free. The state provides $2.5 million, augmented by funds from a private nonprofit museum foundation that in recent years has generated annual contributions and other revenues of $650,000 to $1.4 million.
The museum is named after American actor Vincent Price who donated portions of his personal art collection to the college in 1957. [2] The museum's collection now contains over 9,000 objects ranging from impressionist paintings to Japanese prints to objects from the Ancient Americas , 2,000 of which were donated by Price.
– CAMP YOUNG – The D.T.C. was established by Major General George S. Patton, Jr., in response to a need to train American combat troops for battle in North Africa during World War II. The camp, which began operation in 1942, covered 18,000 square miles. It was the largest military training ground ever to exist.
San Mateo County History Museum; San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park; Santa Barbara Historical Museum; Santa Barbara Mission-Archive Library; Santa Clarita History Center; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History; Santa Ysabel Asistencia; Shafter station (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) Shasta, California; Southwest Museum of the ...
The Museum of American Heritage was originally opened to the public on September 20, 1990. Prior to that it was the private collection of Frank Livermore (1919-2000). [7] [8] The museum was originally located at 275 Alma St., Palo Alto (9/1990 through 11/1994). From 1995 through 1998 the museum occupied a former BMW dealership at 3401 El Camino ...
The Steinbeck Center is a focal point for activities which encourage learning about literature, human nature, history, agriculture, and the arts. Many educational programs are provided for the public, students and teachers, a multimedia experience for regional and national audiences.