List of museums in the Shasta Cascade
The Shasta Cascade region of California is in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, including far northern parts of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The area is centered on Mount Shasta in the California Cascade Range, near the Trinity Alps. Counties included in the Shasta Cascade region include Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity.
This 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. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Museums[]
Name | Image | Town/City | County | Type | Summary | |
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Bangor Church | Bangor | Butte | Local history | Operated by the Butte County Historical Society[1] | ||
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park | Chico | Butte | Historic house | 26-room Victorian mansion | ||
Bieber | Lassen | Local history | [2] | |||
Oroville | Butte | Commodity | website, hundreds of hand tools | |||
Oroville | Butte | Local history | [1] | |||
Oroville | Butte | Local history | website, includes household and decorative items, tools, furnishings, quilts, photos, Native American and Chinese artifacts | |||
Dorris | Siskiyou | Local history | Operated by the Butte Valley Museum & Historical Society[3] | |||
Oroville | Butte | Historic house | website, Victorian cottage with decorative arts typical of Oroville's pioneer families | |||
Cherokee Museum | Cherokee | Butte | Open-air | |||
Chester | Plumas | Local history | [4] | |||
Chico Air Museum | Chico | Butte | Aviation | website, historic aircraft and local aviation history artifacts | ||
Chico Creek Nature Center | Chico | Butte | Natural history | Area natural history, live animals, located in Bidwell Park | ||
Chico | Butte | Local history | website, Chico and Butte County history, includes Chinese Taoist Temple, Chico timeline | |||
Chester | Plumas | Industry | website, area lumbering and forestry industry | |||
Chico | Butte | Local history | Facebook site, includes Civil War memorabilia, gold mining equipment, Maidu artifacts, tools, clothing, cooking utensils, school items, Chinese artifacts | |||
Corning | Tehama | Local history | [5] | |||
Dunsmuir Museum | ![]() |
Dunsmuir | Siskiyou | Local history | Operated by the Dunsmuir Railroad Depot Historical Society, local and railroad history | |
Etna | Siskiyou | Local history | website, operated by the Native Daughters of the Golden West | |||
Fort Crook Museum | Fall River Mills | Shasta | Open air | website, information, operated by the Fort Crook Historical Society | ||
Fort Jones | Siskiyou | Local history | website, exhibits of area's inhabitants, including Native Americans, fur trappers, gold miners, pioneers, cowboys and soldiers | |||
La Porte | Plumas | Local history | Area gold mining and ski racing history | [4] | ||
Chico | Butte | Multiple | website, part of California State University, Chico, science and natural history | |||
Red Bluff | Tehama | Natural history | website, minerals and mining museum inside the jewelry store | |||
Paradise | Butte | Open air | website, includes Maidu Indian artifacts, a blacksmith shop, gold sluices and a miner's cabin, a schoolhouse and a covered bridge | |||
Forbestown | Butte | Open air | Life-size replica 1870s-period mining town adjacent to the Yuba-Feather Historical Museum with exhibits of Maidu artifacts, pioneers, mining, Chinese workers[6][7] | |||
Gridley | Butte | Natural history | website, 9,100-acre (37 km2) protected wildlife viewing park with natural history museum, trails, wildlife observation hides | |||
Greenville Cy Hall Memorial Museum | Greenville | Plumas | Local history | [4] | ||
Gridley | Butte | Local history | website, early families, farming, businesses | |||
Heritage Junction Museum | McCloud | Siskiyou | Local history | [8][9][10] | ||
Taylorsville | Plumas | Local history | website, Maidu artifacts, pioneer items, gems and minerals, exhibits of early logging, farming, blacksmithing tools and equipment | |||
Weaverville | Trinity | Local history | website, firearms, mining, farming and ranching, transportation, native Americans and local Chinese history, operated by the Trinity County Historical Society | |||
Chico | Butte | Art | website, part of California State University, Chico, fine art prints spanning six centuries | |||
Portola | Plumas | Biographical | Life of African American pioneer James Beckwourth[4] | |||
Red Bluff | Tehama | Historic house | Facebook site, Victorian period house | |||
Yreka | Siskiyou | Natural history | Located at the Supervisor's Office of the Klamath National Forest | |||
Susanville | Lassen | Local history | Includes Roop's Fort, operated by the Lassen County Historical Society[11][12] | |||
Lassen Volcanic National Park | Shasta County | Shasta | Natural history | Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center has interpretive exhibits and displays about the park | ||
Loomis Museum | ![]() |
Shasta County | Shasta | Natural history | Located at Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park | |
Manton | Tehama | Local history | [13] | |||
McCloud | Siskiyou | Local history | Facebook site | |||
Military Museum of Butte County | Oroville | Butte | Military | website, 20th-century military history, art, weapons, vehicles and memorabilia | ||
Modoc County Historical Museum | Alturas | Modoc | Local history | Includes Native American and pioneer artifacts, household and business items | ||
Mount Shasta | Siskiyou | Local history | website, includes exhibits on caving, sport angling, minerals, mountaineering, railroad and local history; located on the grounds of the fish hatchery | |||
Chico | Butte | Sports | website, world's largest display of yo-yos, hosts annual national contest | |||
Oregon City School | Oregon City | Butte | Education | Historic school, operated by the Butte County Historical Society[1] | ||
Oroville Chinese Temple | ![]() |
Oroville | Butte | Ethnic | 1863 temple complex with rooms for Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, tapestries, art, folk art, puppets and gardens | |
Paradise | Butte | Industry | website, railroad and logging museum | |||
Durham | Butte | Agriculture | website, 19th-century ranch house with public farm and ranching activities | |||
Plumas County Museum | Quincy | Plumas | Local history | website, website, exhibits include Maidu baskets, railroad, gold mining and timber industries, art, dolls, natural history and Chinese influence collections | ||
Plumas-Eureka State Park | Blairsden | Plumas | Mining | Gold mining buildings | ||
Trinity Center | Trinity | Local history | Includes Native American artifacts, models of transportation[14] | |||
Shasta State Historic Park | Shasta | Shasta | Open-air | Historic ghost town, courthouse museum with local history exhibits | ||
Dunsmuir | Siskiyou | Art | website, works of noted regional and national artists | |||
Yreka | Siskiyou | Local history | website, operated by the Siskiyou County Historical Society, exhibits include Native Americans, trappers, gold mining, Chinese, pioneers, timber, weapons, period rooms | |||
Chico | Butte | Historic house | website, Victorian period house | |||
Stirling City | Butte | Local history | website, operated by the Stirling City Historical Society | |||
Susanville Railroad Depot | ![]() |
Susanville | Lassen | Local history | Operated by the Lassen Land & Trails Trust, area railroad, logging and local history[15][16] | |
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Tehama | Tehama | Natural history | website | ||
Tulelake | Siskiyou | Local history | website, located at the Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds | |||
Turtle Bay Exploration Park | ![]() |
Redding | Shasta | Multiple | Botanical garden, museum with exhibits about local natural history, cultural history, science and art | |
Chico | Butte | Anthropology | website, part of California State University, Chico | |||
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park | ![]() |
Weaverville | Trinity | Religious | 1874 Taoist temple and Chinese artifacts | |
Weed | Siskiyou | Local history | website, household artifacts, tools, antique transportation and machines | |||
Western Pacific Railroad Museum | ![]() |
Portola | Plumas | Railroad | Over 35 locomotives and 80 railroad cars | |
Westwood | Lassen | Local history | Facebook site | |||
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park | Red Bluff | Tehama | Historic house | Mid 19th century adobe house, replica blacksmith shop and ranch outbuildings | ||
Portola | Plumas | Local history | 1931 log home, exhibits on local family history, area lumber, mining and railroad industries[4] |
Defunct museums[]
- South Shasta Model Railroad, Gerber[17]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Visit Us". Butte County Historical Society. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Lassen Museums". Society for California Archaeology. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Facebook site". Butte Valley Museum & Historical Society. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Things to See and Do – Museums". Plumas County. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Visitors: Attractions". Corning Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Yuba Feather Museum and Gold Trader Flat". Sierra Nevada GeoTourism. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Gold Trader Flat & Yuba-Feather Historical Museum". Experience Butte County. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud". McCloud Rails. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Facebook site". McCloud Heritage Junction Museum. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Heritage Junction Museum, Hours of Operation". McCloud Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Lassen Historical Museum and Roop's Fort". Sierra Nevada GeoTourism. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Lassen Historical Museum". City of Susanville. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Places of Interest". Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Attractions". Trinity County Online. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Historic Susanville Railroad Depot". Sierra Nevada GeoTourism. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Official site". Lassen Land and Trails Trust. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Godfrey Humann's shop in Gerber, CA". Retrieved January 8, 2014.
External links[]
Media related to Museums in Butte County, California at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Museums in Plumas County, California at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Museums in Shasta County, California at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Museums in Tehama County, California at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Museums in Trinity County, California at Wikimedia Commons
- California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
- Shasta Cascade
- Lists of museums in California
- Museums in Butte County, California
- Buildings and structures in Lassen County, California
- Museums in Modoc County, California
- Museums in Plumas County, California
- Museums in Shasta County, California
- Museums in Siskiyou County, California
- Museums in Tehama County, California
- Museums in Trinity County, California