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Grace Hudson
Museum
and The Sun House
431 South Main Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 467-2836
Email for information: gracehudson@pacific.net
www.gracehudsonmuseum.org
Open: Wednesday through Saturday,
10:00am – 4:30pm Sunday, 12noon – 4:30pm
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This art, history and anthropology
museum focuses on the lifeworks of artist Grace Carpenter Hudson
and her husband, ethnographer Dr. John Hudson. Changing inter-disciplinary
exhibits and public programs feature Western American art,
California Indian cultures, histories of California’s
diverse North Coast region, and the work of contemporary regional
artists. The Sun House (California Historical Landmark No.926),
the Hudsons’ 1911 redwood Craftsman bungalow is open for docent-led
tours between noon and 3:00pm.
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Held
Poage Memorial Home
and Research Library
603 West Perkins Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
(707) 462-6969
Email for information: mchs@pacific.net
Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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The Mendocino County Historical
Society's headquarters and library occupy a house built in 1903
for Judge William D. I. Held and his wife, Ethel Poage. The Society's
mission is the collection and preservation of Mendocino and surrounding
counties history. The library holds more than 5,000 volumes, thousands
of historical photographic negatives, microfilms, documents, maps,
scrapbooks and genealogical references. A small collection of Pomo
Indian basketry is also on exhibit.
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Mendocino County
Museum & Roots of
Motive Power
400 East Commercial Street
Willits, CA 95490
(707) 459-2736
Email for information: museum@co.mendocino.ca.us
www.co.mendocino.ca.us/museum
Open: Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00am – 4:30pm
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The County Museum offers a
significant collection of Mendocino County historical materials and artifacts
on display, including pre-history (Indian arts), early settler displays of
domestic and business life, and an alternate life-style (1960s-70s) display.
Within the Museum’s buildings and grounds, Roots of Motive Power exhibits
steam engines and railroad equipment used in early logging days, with live
action demonstrations four times per year.
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The Guest
House Museum and Fort Building
Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society
343 North Main Street, P.O.Box
71, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
(707) 964-4251
Email for information: DonRNel@inreach.com
Open: Summer, Fall, Spring - Tuesday through Sunday,
10:00am – 4:00pm.
Winter - Wednesday through Sunday, 11:00am – 3:00pm
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The Guest House Museum is a
three-story Victorian (1892) built for "C. R." Johnson, founder
of the Union Lumber Company, and first mayor of Fort Bragg. It
became the company guest house in 1912. Artifacts, equipment and
photographs depicting local history are on display. Outside displays
include steam donkeys and railroad locomotives. The Fort Building
(the only remaining structure from the 1857-1864 military post) contains
a Fort model and artifacts from the post’s history.
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Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
13800 Point Cabrillo Drive
P.O. Box 641
Mendocino, CA 95460
(707) 937-0816
Email for Information: PCLK@pointcabrillo.org
www.pointcabrillo.org
Open: The Lighthouse and Gift Shop are open April
- October, Friday through Monday, 11:00 am-4:00 pm and Saturdays
and Sundays in March.
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On the windswept
bluffs of the 300 acre nature preserve, the Point Cabrillo Light
Station (1909), with its operating 3rd Order Fresnel lens, is
one of the very few intact stations remaining on the west coast.
Exhibits feature the area's maritime history, including a display
of artifacts from the wreck of the Frolic, the Gold Rush era vessel
that changed the north coast forever. Learn a little intertidal ecology
at the Preserve's mini marine science center and saltwater aquarium,
located in the historic blacksmith shop. The Lighthouse Gift Shop
features collectibles and the work of local artists and photographers.
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Ford House Museum and
Visitor Center
736 Main Street, P.O. Box
1387 Mendocino, CA 95450 (707)937-5397
Email for information: fhvc@mcn.org
Open: Year-round, 7 days a week, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Donation appreciated.
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This historic home is
also the Interpretive Center for the Mendocino Headlands State
Park. Built in 1854 for Jerome B. Ford, its displays include a scale
model of Mendocino as it appeared in 1890, historic photographs,
tools, boat models, a Native American display and seasonally changing
exhibits on the local flora and fauna. Guided thematic walks along
the Mendocino Headlands include whale watching, the history of Mendocino,
and spring wildflowers.
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The Kelley House
Museum and Mendocino Historical Research, Inc.
45007 Albion Street, P.O.Box
922 Mendocino, CA 95460
(707) 937-5791
Email for information: kelleyhs@mcn.org www.mendocinohistory.org Museum
open: Summer hours, Thursday through Tuesday,
1:00pm - 4:00pm • Winter hours, Friday through Monday,
1:00pm - 4:00pm
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This historic home (built
in 1861) offers exhibits on the cultural heritage of the Mendocino
Coast. It interprets Mendocino's logging and shipping industries
and the unique Victorian architecture for which the town is recognized
nationally. Mendocino Historical Research operates the museum and maintains
an extensive collection of historic photographs (printed from glass
negatives), local genealogical data, publications and research materials.
The facility is enhanced by a pond and gardens planted in native and
historic species.
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Temple
of Kwan Tai
45160 Albion Street, P.O.
Box 633 Mendocino, CA 95460
(707) 937-5123
Email for information: lheechorley@mendolink.com
www.kwantaitemple.org
Open: Weekends by appointment, please call.
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The oldest original Taoist
temple on California’s North Coast, the Temple of Kwan Tai offers
living evidence of Mendocino’s 19th Century Chinese community. Four
generations of its founders’ descendants have preserved the temple, a
site now recognized as California Registered Historic Landmark No. 927.
Rededicated in October 2001, the Temple of Kwan Tai has been officially
praised at both the state and national level for its restoration.
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Greenwood State
Beach Visitor Center & Museum
5980 South Highway 1
Elk, CA
(five miles south of Highway 128) (707) 877--3458
Open: March through October, Saturdays and Sundays,
11:00am - 1:00pm
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This small history center,
which was once the office of the Goodyear Lumber Company, tells
the story of the village of Elk / Greenwood from its founding
in the late 1800s through its history as a booming lumber town.
A large mural depicts the loading of lumber from the local wharf onto
the ships waiting offshore. The museum also features historic photographs,
archives, artifacts and a story rail tracing the history of the local
lumber industry.
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Anderson Valley Historical
Museum
12340 Highway 128, P.O.Box
676 Boonville, CA 95415
(707) 895-2240
Email for information: sheri@outrageous.net
Open: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only.
Summer hours: June 16 through August 30, 11:00am
- 4:00pm
Winter hours: September 1 through November 30
and February 1 through June 15, 1:00pm - 4:00pm (closed December
and January)
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About one mile north
of Boonville, the museum consists of the one-room Con Creek School
(1891) and three added structures, including a model sheep shearing
shed. Exhibits represent aspects of Valley home life, schools, agriculture
and lumbering, with some special attention to "Boontling," the Valley's
unique folk language. All artifacts displayed, including the exhibit
of Pomo Indian basketry and stone tools, have been found or used
in Anderson Valley.
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Point Arena Lighthouse
and Museum
Lighthouse Road, P.O.Box
11
Point Arena CA 95468
(707) 882-2809
Email for information: palight@mcn.org www.pointarenalighthouse.com
Open: April through September Daily 10:00am – 4:30pm,
October through March
Daily 10:00am – 3:30pm
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One of the tallest lighthouses
in California, the historic 115 foot tall Point Arena Lighthouse
(1908) and the nearby Fog Signal Building (1869) are open to the
public for guided tours. Visitors can climb to the top of the light
as keepers have done for over 100 years. The lighthouse point is one
of the best places to view migrating whales, endangered bird species,
and rare coastal wildflowers. Three historic keeper’s homes are available
for vacation rental.
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Map of Heritage Sites
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Click here for a larger map.
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Grace Hudson Museum and The Sun House
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Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library
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Mendocino County Museum & Roots of Motive Power
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The Guest House Museum and Fort Building Fort Bragg-Mendocino
Coast Historical Society
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Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
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Ford House Museum and Visitor Center
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The Kelley House Museum and Mendocino Historical Research,
Inc.
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Temple of Kwan Tai
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Greenwood State Beach Visitor Center & Museum
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Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum
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Anderson
Valley Historical Museum
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