Monthly Archives: July 2010
Janet Turner Print Museum was established in 1981
The museum was established in 1981 with an initial generous gift of over 2,000 prints from the late CSU, Chico faculty member Dr. Janet Turner. Turner, an internationally known printmaker and educator, felt students should have the opportunity to learn from and be inspired by original art. The Print Museum is a program in the … Continue reading
Jake jackson museum & history center is also known as j.j. jackson memorial museum
The objective of the Trinity County Historical Society is to discover, collect, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the history of Trinity County. It is an organization of volunteers and all of its activities and accomplishments are due to the interest and effort of its members. The Trinity Pioneer Association and the Society of Old Settlers, … Continue reading
Jack London State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park
Jack London State Historic Park, also known as Jack London Home and Ranch, is a California State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, California, United States, situated on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain. It includes the ruins of a house burned a few months before Jack London and family were to move in, a cottage … Continue reading
The Irvine Museum is dedicated to the preservation
The Irvine Museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of California art of the Impressionist Period (1890 – 1930). The Irvine Museum embraces a principal role in the education and furtherance of this beautiful and important regional variant of American Impressionism that has come to be associated with California and its remarkable landscape. * … Continue reading
The travel information international surfing museum
Huntington Beach, California was rated by Surfer’s Almanac as the “most heavily surfed beach on the West Coast,” so it should come as no surprise to find an International Surfing Museum in town. Curiously, the origins of surfing are unknown. First observed by Europeans at Tahiti in 1767, surfing was both pastime and class system … Continue reading
Inland Empire Military Museum displays a wide variety of items
The museum displays a wide variety of items from different Military branches and Wars,donated by the Veterans who lived thru them. The plethora of Military memobrilla includes uniforms,insignia’s and supplies in glass cases and a number of flags and military banners against the backdrop of Sky-Blue walls. Included is an Army Jeep parked at the … Continue reading
History of the antelope valley indian museum
Planned building stabilization is taking place to protect this landmark building and its collections. Local support for the acquisition of the property resulted in the state of California purchasing the museum in 1979, with Grace Oliver donating all of the artifacts. The majority of the museum’s collections emphasizes the Southwestern, California and Great Basin Indians, … Continue reading
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park a historical state park
Chaw’se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a historical state park located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, eight miles east of Jackson. The park is named after a great outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes — the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America. The park is nestled … Continue reading
The Imperial Valley College desert Museum in Ocotillo
The museum was founded in 1969 to educate the people about the desert. The museum’s theme is human adaptation to arid lands. As archaeological knowledge of Imperial Valley has grown through the research of many scholars, so has the Imperial Valley College Desert Museum collection of artifacts which helps lead to a better understanding of … Continue reading
ImagineU Interactive Children’s Museum
In August 2009, the ImagineU Interactive Children’s Museum celebrated its 7th year anniversary of serving the children in our community. Since 2002, the museum has provided a learning center of possibilities and promise, a family place where children and parents can learn about themselves, each other and the world we live in through explorations, interactions, … Continue reading