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

Carl Purdy Exhibit: Redwoods Program

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On February 4, 2012, Greg Giusti will talk about "Redwoods and the Mendocino Landscape".
The exhibit will be here through March 18, 2012!
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Train Photography Becomes Art

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The Tall Gallery is the place to see the Charles Givens Photography Display, and an interesting collection of steam and railroad artifacts by Roots of Motive Power.
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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.  
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Kate Frey on Inter-national Gardening

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Join us Sunday, March 18, to celebrate the life and times of the Carl Purdy exhibit with a talk & slides by Kate Frey, and good music, food, and friends.
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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.