California
Santa Rosa
California Northwestern Railway Museum
50 W 6th St
Santa Rosa CA 95401
Phone 707 575-7874
Web Site
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Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Railroad
New or Updated: 06/06/2003
Jesse Peter Museum
Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa CA 95401
Phone 707 527-4011
Web Site www.santarosa.edu/museum/index.html
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Ethnography
Group Identity Native American
Sonoma County Museum
435 7th Street W
Santa Rosa CA 95476
Phone 707 579-1500
Web Site www.pressdemo.com/scmuseum
Description local museum in restored Post office/federal building
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Post Office
Collection N-Z Paintings
Era 19th
California
Santa Ynez
SYV Museum & Parks-Janeway Carriage House
3596 Sagunto St
PO Box 181
Santa Ynez CA 93460
Phone 805 688-7889
Web Site http://www.solvangca.com/museum/index.htm
E-mail mailto:syvhssoc@silcom.com
Alt Web http://www.beachcalifornia.com/ynez.html
Description local history museum and
carriage house - 35 horse drawn vehicles including stagecoaches & buckboards
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Collection A-F Carriages
Collection N-Z Vehicles
Research /Reading Library
Owner/Operator:
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society
New or Updated: 06/06/2003
California
Selma
Selma Pioneer Village
1880 Art Gonzales Parkway
Selma CA 93662
Phone 559 891-2320
Web Site
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Alt Web http://www.fresno.com/cvonline/misc-rec.htm-selma
Description 15 acres of collected historical buildings, including church, depot, schoolhouse, with collections
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Village
Collection G-M Machinery
Collection N-Z Tools
Era 1880
New or Updated: 06/15/2003
California
Shafter
Green Hotel
530 James Street
Shafter CA 93263
Phone 661 746-1913
Web Site
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Alt Web http://www.shafter.com/quality.htm
Description restored hotel. Tours by appointment
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Hotel/Inn
Era 1913
New or Updated: 06/09/2003
California
Sierra City
Sierra County Historical Society
100 Kentucky Mine Highway 49 E
PO Box 260
Sierra City CA 96125
Phone 530 862-1310
Web Site http://www.sierracounty.org/schs_home.html
Description operates Kentucky Mine Park and Museum and fully-restored gold stamp
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Mill
Industry /Profession Mining
California
Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society
PO Box 202
Sierra Madre CA 91025
Phone 626 355-8129
Web Site
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Description
Type of Resource
Museum
California
Simi Valley
Castle Earth Children's Museum
2616 Phipps Ave #A
PO Box 940462
Simi Valley CA 93094
Phone 805 583-5243
Web Site http://www.castleearthmuseum.org/
E-mail mailto:castleearthmuseum@worldnet.att.net
Description currently homeless, still offers mobile museum programs to schools and groups
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Children
Field of Study/Science Facility Ecology
New or Updated: 06/10/2003
California
Simi Valley
Rancho Simi Foundation
6503 Katherine Road
Simi Valley CA 93063
Phone 805 581-3462
Web Site http://www.trainweb.org/ssmrc/ssrhs/foundation.htm
Description group has restored local depot which holds a large model railroad
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Railroad
Building Type Depot
Collection G-M Model Railroad
New or Updated: 06/10/2003
Strathearn Historical Park and Museum
137 Strathearn Place
Simi Valley CA 93062
Phone 805 526-6453
Web Site http://www.cyber-pages.com/strathearn/
E-mail havens1@ix.netcom.com
Description Donation of 1892 house built around much older adobe sparked donation of several other structures
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Building Collection
Owner/Operator: Simi Valley Historical Society
California
Soda Springs
Auburn Ski Club Skisport Museum
19865 Boreal Ridge Road
PO Box 82
Soda Springs CA 95728
Phone 530 426-3313
Web Site http://www.auburnskiclub.org/ski_museum/index.html
Alt Web http://www.usskiteam.com/general/history.htm
Description Skiing the Western US from California Gold camps through modern
Olympics and more
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Sports
Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame
Collection N-Z Skiing
New or Updated: 06/11/2003
California
Solana Beach
Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society
715 Valley Avenue
MAIL PO Box 504
Solana Beach CA 92075
Phone 858 755-2937
Web Site http://www.beachcalifornia.com/solana2.html
Description history of beachfront community, focusing on development
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
New or Updated: 07/02/2003
California
Sonoma
Cloverdale Historical Museum
215 North Cloverdale Blvd
Sonoma CA 95425
Phone 707 894-2067
Web Site
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Depot Park Museum
270 1st Street W
Sonoma CA 95476
Phone 707 938-1762
Web Site www.vom.com/depot/
E-mail depot@vom.com
Description located in rebuilt depot and freight shed
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Depot
Collection N-Z Photography
Research /Reading Library
Sonoma State Historic Park
20 East Spain Street
Sonoma CA 95476
Phone
Web Site http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=479
Alt Web http://www.napanet.net/~sshpa/
Description 49 acre park in the City of Sonoma holds a dozen buildings from the 1820s-50s, including a mission holding the
Jorgensen Collection of mission paintings, barracks and houses surrounding the central plaza
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Town |