The Museum is located at 1333 Butte House Road, Yuba City. Hours are Tuesday through
Friday 9-5, Saturday & Sunday 12-4. The Museum has a number of permanent exhibits
on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County settlers, agriculture, the Sutter Buttes, and
school life. Smaller displays include transportation, women, Lola Montez, local
photographs, the 1955 flood, the stereoscope, a Baldwin player piano and the old
Meridian Bridge. Some special items of interest are the restored Yuba Ball Tractor,
John Sutter's Gun, and Lola Montez's dressing table.
The Exhibits combine artifacts, photographs and interpretive labels that provide a
self-guided tour. Group tours are available Tuesday through Friday by appointment only.
Special Exhibits in the Main Hall change every three to four months. They include
in-house exhibits with a local focus as well as traveling exhibits with a broader
context focusing on California and Western history.
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Past Tents: The Way We Camped
The Community Memorial Museum presents the exhibit
"Past Tents: The Way We Camped"
- A humorous look at our favorite pastime.
The exhibit runs from January 22 to March 14, 2010.
There will be a program on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. with Susan Snyder of the Bancroft Library,
author of the book "Past Tents".
“Past Tents” is divided into three themes: Round the Campground, Hitting the Trail, and Open Roads, Open Fires.
Through photographs, journal entries, and advertisements, “Past Tents” examines auto camping, camp food, gear,
and pastimes, and tips for successful camp trips.
"Past Tents: The Way We Camped" was produced by the California Historical Society and the
Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, and based on the book co-published by Heyday Books and the Bancroft
Library in 2006. The exhibition tour was organized by the California Exhibition Resources Alliance
(CERA).
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Our Virtual Exhibit web site will take
you on a virtual tour through historic photographs of Sutter County and Marysville.
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