List of museums in the Shasta Cascade facts for kids
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 | Town/City | County | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Church | Bangor | Butte | Local history | Operated by the Butte County Historical Society |
| Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park | Chico | Butte | Historic house | 26-room Victorian mansion |
| Big Valley Museum | Bieber | Lassen | Local history | |
| Bolt's Antique Tool Museum | Oroville | Butte | Commodity | website, hundreds of hand tools |
| Butte County Historical Society Museum | Oroville | Butte | Local history | |
| Butte County Pioneer History Museum | Oroville | Butte | Local history | website, includes household and decorative items, tools, furnishings, quilts, photos, Native American and Chinese artifacts |
| Butte Valley Museum | Dorris | Siskiyou | Local history | Operated by the Butte Valley Museum & Historical Society |
| C.F. Lott Home | Oroville | Butte | Historic house | website, Victorian cottage with decorative arts typical of Oroville's pioneer families |
| Cherokee Museum | Cherokee | Butte | Open air | |
| Chester-Lake Almanor Museum | Chester | Plumas | Local history | |
| 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 Museum | Chico | Butte | Local history | website, Chico and Butte County history, includes Chinese Taoist Temple, Chico timeline |
| Collins Pine Museum | Chester | Plumas | Industry | website, area lumbering and forestry industry |
| Colman Museum | Chico | Butte | Local history | Facebook site, includes Civil War memorabilia, gold mining equipment, Maidu artifacts, tools, clothing, cooking utensils, school items, Chinese artifacts |
| Corning Museum | Corning | Tehama | Local history | |
| Dunsmuir Museum | Dunsmuir | Siskiyou | Local history | Operated by the Dunsmuir Railroad Depot Historical Society, local and railroad history |
| Etna Museum | Etna | Siskiyou | Local history | website, operated by the Native Daughters of the Golden West |
| Fort Crook Museum | Fall River Mills | Shasta | Local history | Operated by the Fort Crook Historical Society |
| Fort Jones Museum | Fort Jones | Siskiyou | Local history | website, exhibits of area's inhabitants, including Native Americans, fur trappers, gold miners, pioneers, cowboys and soldiers |
| Frank C. Reilly Museum | La Porte | Plumas | Local history | Area gold mining and ski racing history |
| Gateway Science Museum | Chico | Butte | Multiple | website, part of California State University, Chico, science and natural history |
| Gaumer's Jewelry & Museum | Red Bluff | Tehama | Natural history | website, minerals and mining museum inside the jewelry store |
| Gold Nugget Museum | 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 |
| Gold Trade r Flat & Yuba-Feather Historical Museum | 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 |
| Gray Lodge Wildlife Area | 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 | |
| Gridley Museum | Gridley | Butte | Local history | website, early families, farming, businesses |
| Heritage Junction Museum | McCloud | Siskiyou | Local history | |
| Indian Valley Museum | Taylorsville | Plumas | Local history | website, Maidu artifacts, pioneer items, gems and minerals, exhibits of early logging, farming, blacksmithing tools and equipment |
| Jake Jackson Memorial Museum | Weaverville | Trinity | Local history | website, firearms, mining, farming and ranching, transportation, Native Americans and local Chinese history, operated by the Trinity County Historical Society |
| Janet Turner Print Museum | Chico | Butte | Art | website, part of California State University, Chico, fine art prints spanning six centuries |
| Jim Beckwourth Museum | Portola | Plumas | Biographical | Life of African American pioneer James Beckwourth |
| Kelly-Griggs House Museum | Red Bluff | Tehama | Historic house | Facebook site, Victorian period house |
| Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum | Yreka | Siskiyou | Natural history | Located at the Supervisor's Office of the Klamath National Forest |
| Lassen Historical Museum | Susanville | Lassen | Local history | Includes Roop's Fort, operated by the Lassen County Historical Society |
| Lassen Volcanic National Park | Shasta | Shasta | Natural history | Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center has interpretive exhibits and displays about the park, located |
| Loomis Museum | Shasta | Shasta | Natural history | Located at Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| Manton Museum | Manton | Tehama | Local history | |
| 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 |
| Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum | 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 |
| National Yo-Yo Museum | 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 |
| Oroville Chinese Temple | Oroville | Butte | Ethnic | 1863 temple complex with rooms for Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, tapestries, art, folk art, puppets and gardens |
| Paradise Depot Museum | Paradise | Butte | Industry | website, railroad and logging museum |
| Patrick Ranch 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 |
| Scott Museum | Trinity Center | Trinity | Local history | Includes Native American artifacts, models of transportation |
| Shasta State Historic Park | Shasta | Shasta | Open air | Historic ghost town, courthouse museum with local history exhibits |
| Siskiyou Arts Museum | Dunsmuir | Siskiyou | Art | website, works of noted regional and national artists |
| Siskiyou County Museum | 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 |
| Stansbury House | Chico | Butte | Historic house | website, Victorian period house |
| Stirling City Museum | 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 |
| Tehama County Museum | Tehama | Tehama | Natural history | website |
| Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair Museum of Local History | Tulelake | Siskiyou | Local history | website, information, 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 |
| Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology | 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 Historic Lumber Town Museum | 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 |
| William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park | Red Bluff | Tehama | Historic house | Mid 19th century adobe house, replica blacksmith shop and ranch outbuildings |
| Williams House Museum | Portola | Plumas | Local history | 1931 log home, exhibits on local family history, area lumber, mining and railroad industries |
Defunct museums
- South Shasta Model Railroad, Gerber
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