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 The Shaw Avenue side of the museum is muraled. | |
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| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | 515 Shaw Avenue, Ferndale, California |
| Type | History |
| Collections | Domestic, Technology, Economic Foundations, Native American, Fine Art, photographs, publications |
| Visitors | 1300 annually |
| Nearest parking | onsite |
| Website | http://ferndale-museum.org/ |
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The nonprofit Ferndale Museum, located in Ferndale, California, houses and exhibits artifacts, documents and papers from settlement during the California Gold Rush to the present including an active Bosch-Omori seismograph.[1][2][3][4] The area of collection covers the lower Eel River Valley as far south as the Mattole River Valley and west to the Pacific Ocean. Collections include over 8,000 photographs, back issues of the Ferndale Enterprise newspaper, and family papers spanning 150 years.[2]
- ^ Bess, Carol; Newman, Beryl; Roberts, Ann (2004-06-16). Ferndale: Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7385-2890-8. LCCN 2004104609.
- ^ a b "Collections | Ferndale Museum". ferndalemuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Smith, Paul R. (2011-07-25). "History of the Bosch-Omori Seismograph". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ McKowen, Ken; McKowen, Dahlynn (2010-01-01). Best of California's Missions, Mansions, and Museums: A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Golden State's Historic and Cultural Treasures. USA: Wilderness Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-89997-554-2.