El Dorado County Historical Museum — Attraction in Placerville

We enjoyed a wonderful stop at this little museum on the way home from Apple Hill. A friendly and accommodating docent gave a great tour. Each exhibit was very well put together, informative, and entertaining. I appreciated the spotlights on Native American, Black, and female people in El Dorado's early days, and I really enjoyed the grocery store display. No tickets required - see how much you enjoy the museum and make an appropriate donation on your way out. The outdoor areas felt cluttered and neglected - it would be nice if there was another property where excess items could be stored until they can be properly displayed and...

Excellent outside area with historical artifacts on display centered around mining, ranching, agriculture, and narrow guage rail-road logging activities. Inside there are further displays and a staffed reference library. Check their webpage ahead of time for hours. If you are doing research, bring cash as copies of materials will cost you on a per-page basis. Especially for local rail-road history, this place has a better collection of information than the...

Really neat exhibits and the docent basically gave me a personal tour. Really cool. I learned some things I had never heard before and also connected the dots from related areas (like Virginia City!). I would go back (and bring friends who also enjoy history). Suggested...