I visited this museum one evening recently as the agency where I work was hosting a holiday party here. I had not thought about visiting this museum before because I assumed it was nothing special and no one I knew had ever talked about it. I actually felt embarrassed as I toured the exhibits here and realized how wrong I had been and had really missed out on a very nice museum. For starters, the building is simply beautiful and larger inside than I had expected. There is a lot to see here and it would take approx. an hour and a half to view all the exhibits. Lots of history of the area here and memorabilia that covers most aspects of life in the Central Valley. There were some full size exhibits of a barbershop, school, soda shop, general store, to name a few that were well done. Lots of great photographs, household items, sports memorabilia, doll and toy collection, Native American section, gold mining, farm implements, law enforcement items, to name some of the things you will see here. The museum has two floors, with the basement housing many of the exhibits. There is something to intrigue just about everyone here and admission is free. There is a nice gift shop as well with souvenir items and a good collection of books. Don't miss this interesting and worthwhile museum!