Museum of Truckee History — Attraction in Truckee

This is a great little museum for a quick stop packed floor to ceiling, literally, with Truckee history. Everything there is meant to be touched and interacted with. The guide who greeted us was friendly, welcoming, and very personable. The owner? Boss? also came in and was a delight. I asked him a question about something I'd read in the artifacts, and he didn't know! I patted myself on the back for stumping him 😆 and then he looked up the answer. It was fun learning together! I'd recommend stopping in here, and then stopping into the shop next door - they have GORGEOUS local art and jewelry at all...

This museum is small, but is full of interesting exhibits and local information. Nothing that is too deep or unmanageable but unique and fascinating. Greg, the docent in attendance was an absolute pleasure - he enthusiastically expanded on many of the exhibits and made our short visit all the more enjoyable. Who knew about Truckee's role in the Winter Olympics, the first chimp in space and the ice harvesting industry (Truckee ice chilling cocktails in San Francisco!!!). Highly recommended - go visit the museum and...

We walked a few blocks to go to this museum, and we were really excited to visit it as we love both Truckee and museums. We arrived at 3pm on a Sunday, one hour before their 4pm closing time. After me and my family began walking in, the rude docent came out of nowhere and shooed us out and claimed that she was closing the museum and no one could enter. She was very rude about it and very off-putting. Had she phrased it differently and didn’t act like a horrible troll woman it wouldn’t have been as bad, but she...