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	California Plymouth Shenandoah Valley Museum 12300 Steiner Road Plymouth CA 95669 Phone 209 245-4455 Web Site www.amadornet.net/travelers/museums/shenandoah.html Description local history in winery, located at contemporary vineyard Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History California Point Richmond Point Richmond Historical Society 139 1/2 Washington Avenue Point Richmond CA 94801 Phone 510 235-1336 Web Site http://www.pointrichmondhistory.org/ Description small museum serves mostly as an information center Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Store Era 1903 California Port Hueneme CEC/SeeBee Museum 4111 San Pedro Street, Bldg 99 Port Hueneme CA 93043 Phone 805 982-5169 Web Site http://www.ncbc.navfac.navy.mil/cecmuseum Alt Web www.cbcph.navy.mil/ Description Navy Construction Battalions and Civil Engineer Corps from 19th century to present Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Military Industry /Profession Naval Owner/Operator: US Navy California Porterville Porterville Museum 257 N D Street Porterville CA 93257 Phone 559 784-2053 Web Site http://chamber.porterville.com/attractions/historicalsites.html Description Former Southern Pacific depot holds 8 mosaics depicting local history, courtyard with farm equipment Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Depot New or Updated: 05/18/2003 California Portola Feather River Portola Railroad Museum 700 Western Pacific Way PO Box 608 Portola CA 96122 Phone 530 832-4131 Web Site www.oz.net/~samh/frrs/ Description 37 acre railroading site with 39 locomotives and 98 cars, hands-on (climbing aboard encouraged) Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Era 1950 California Poway Old Poway Park 14134 Midland Road Poway CA Phone 858 486-4575 Web Site www.ci.poway.ca.us/oldpoway.html Description Templars Hall, Nelson House, Porter House, Hamburger Factory, Steam engine -- train rides on weekends Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Civic New or Updated: 07/09/2003 Poway Poway Historical and Memorial Society Museum 14114 Midland Road PO Box 19 Poway CA 92047 Phone 858 679-8587 Web Site http://www.powayhistoricalsociety.org/ Description egg cups, Squadron model aircraft, Barbies Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Collection A-F Glass Collection G-M Models Collection N-Z Toys New or Updated: 3/15/2007 California Presidio Park Junipero Serra Museum 2727 Presidio Drive Presidio Park CA 92103 Phone 619 297-3258 Web Site www.sandiegohistory.net Alt Web http://edweb.sdsu.edu/sdhs/mainpages/locate4.htm Description 1929 mission-style building on site of Father Junipero Serra's first mission and fortified settlement Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Owner/Operator: San Diego Historical Society California Rancho Cucamonga Chaffey Community At Assoc Museum of Art 12467 Baseline Road Rancho Cucamonga CA 91739 Phone 909 463-3733 Web Site http://www.ccaamuseum.org/ Description located in J Filippi Winery, permanent collection Western US artists 1920-present, rotating exhibits Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Arts New or Updated: 8/7/2004 CA Rancho Mirage Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert 71-701 Gerald Ford De Rancho Mirage CA 92270 Phone 760 321-0602 Web Site http://www.cdmod.org/ Description 50 hands on exhibits Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Children New or Updated: 9/4/2007 California Rancho Santa Fe Lux Art Institute 7010 ElCamino del Norte Rancho Santa Fe CA 92091 Phone 858 756-2140 Web Site Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Arts California Red Bluff Red Bluff Round-Up Museum 650 Antelope Boulevard Tehama District Fairgrounds Red Bluff CA 96080 Phone 530 527-8700 Web Site http://www.redbluffroundup.com/ROUNDUPMUSEUMPAGE.htm Description memorabilia of annual event back to 1918 Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Entertainment Collection N-Z Photography New or Updated: 05/19/2003 California Redding Redding Museum of Art & History Address Redding CA Phone Web Site www.shastalink.k.a2.ca.us/rmah/FRMAHmain.html Description Type of Resource Museum Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum on the River PO Box 992360 Redding CA 96099 Phone 530 243-8850 Web Site http://www.turtlebay.org/new/home.html Toll Free 800 887-8532 E-mail mailto:info@turtlebay.org?subject=Web%20Page%20Questions/Comments Description Forest Camp, Art & History museum, Natural Science Museum, 220 acre arboretum with trails Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Natural History Field of Study/Science Facility Arboretum CA Redlands Asistencia Mission de San Gabriel 26930 Barton Road Redlands CA Phone 909 793-5402 Web Site http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum/branches/asist.htm Alt Web http://missiontour.org/sangabriel/asistencia.htm Description museum, chapel, gatehouse Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Religion Building Type Mission Era 1830 New or Updated: 9/16/2004 San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Lane Redlands CA 92374 Phone 909 307-2669 Web Site www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum Toll Free 888 BIRD EGG E-mail museum@sbcounty.gov Description Cultural and natural history Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Owner/Operator: County of San Bernardino California Redwood City San Mateo County History Museum 777 Hamilton St Redwood City CA 94063 Phone 650 299-0104 Web Site www.sanmateocountyhistory.com/home.html E-mail info@sanmateocountyhistory.com Description local museum and archives in old county courthouse building Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Courthouse Research /Reading Archives Owner/Operator: San Mateo County Historical Society
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