WELCOME to the Mendocino County Museum

The Mendocino County Museum
collects, conserves and celebrates the
stories, artifacts, and documents of the
people and places of Mendocino County.

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TOURS & FIELD TRIPS

CURRENT MUSEUM EVENTS and EXHIBITS

Veterans History: PERSONAL

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Local veterans share their private collections of hel- mets, medals, uniforms and amazing photos, from World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the times between.

Education Day on May 18, 2012

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Roots of Motive Power and the Museum team up for Education Day.  This year's focus is steam, its history, formulas, with live demos.  For high school classes by reservation. Call 459-2736

Mendocino Flavors
Artwork Display

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Mendocino Flavors, our favorite local foods, is the 2nd Annual Countywide Art Project and displays artwork from students all over the county.  
See background info!

May 19, 2012 HERITAGE DAY

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+Roots of Motive Power:
   Motor Cars in Motion
+Collage Workshop for all
+Civil War 150th Anniv.
   Study Group
+Golden Gate Bridge
   Anniv. Exhibit Reception
The Museum is located in the heart of the county in the town of Willits, on a parkway that links the Skunk Depot, Frontier Days Rodeo Grounds, Recreation Grove, and the Willits Skate Park, as well as the Willits Library and Soccer Fields. 

Co-located with the Museum is Roots of Motive Power, a volunteer organization that collects and restores historic steam-powered trains, engines, and logging machines. 

Stop by for a fascinating visit with a shipwreck, a "hippie" van, stagecoaches and steam engines, Pomo baskets and Seabiscuit.  Then browse our Museum Shop and find information about additional things to do in Mendocino County. 

Mendocino County Museum

DIRECTIONS                                                                                  CONTACT US
400 East Commercial Street
Willits, California  95490

PHONE:(707) 459-2736
EMAIL: Museum@co.mendocino.ca.us
WEBSITE: www.MendocinoMuseum.org

We're open WEDNESDAY through SUNDAY from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Admission is $4 for adults, $1 for students, children under 6 are free.
Free admission the first Wednesday of every month.
The Museum Shop
has expanded in size and selection - please check  our wonderful array of books on trains, Mendocino and State history, Native Americans, as well as toys, cards, and local foods. The Shop is open  when the Museum is:
Wed-Sun, 10AM-4:30 PM.
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To read about plans and accomplishments of the Mendocino County Museum, go to the Museum Board of Advisors page.