Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum — Attraction in Sonora

This museum is amazing and 100% worth visiting once. The curators have created a uniquely groveland experience, with histories of various families who were important to its history, and dioramas of gold mining and logging which were key to the community’s creation. There’s also taxidermies of local fauna, including a large bear, and other furs that kids will love to pet. My personal favorite portion was a collection of newspaper clippings from various eras, some relating to Northern California, and some not so much!

It seemed I was the only visitor the day that I came by, so please go check it out and support the history if you have a...

This is a gem of a museum. It has very detailed displays that really capture the feeling of the Old West and the gold mining era. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable too. The real, touchable animal furs are a hit with the kids too. For a museum that occupies just one medium sized room, it has the content of one several times its size. One could easily spend a couple hours here reading all the materials (and the old newspapers are fascinating too). It is something I look forward to each time I pass...

A great little museum with lots of interesting collections--like the mounted historic front pages on different topics, the pelts and stuffed animals, working models of a sawmill and a gold ore processing plant--as well as a little theater with a selection of DVDs (we watched Ken Burns' "Yosemite"; this museum is staffed with friendly and knowledgeable docents and is housed in the same building as the library. Used books are for sale in the basement, most for $1 each, as well as...