Winter Hours: Wednesday - Sunday
11:00am - 4:00pm
Summer Hours: Wednesday - Sunday
10:00am - 4:00pm
Closed: Mon & Tue
and Major Holidays
Adults (18-64): $5.00
Seniors (65+): $4.00
Teens (13-17): $4.00
Children (6-12): $2.00
SJC Historical Society members: Free
Per vehicle parking fee due upon entering Park. Waived for SJC Historical Society members.
Additional fees may be required for special events or exhibitions
The San Joaquin County Historical Museum reveals the fascinating history of the region, from the Yokuts and Miwok through Captain Charles Weber (founder of Stockton and first farmer in the area) and the development of modern agriculture. The Museum has eight exhibition buildings, four historic buildings — including the Charles Weber cottage (1847) and Calaveras School (1866) — and features room dioramas of Weber family furnishings, a children’s gallery, and large displays of hand tools and agricultural equipment.
What's HappeningRandy Sparks--founder of The New Christy Minstrels—and fellow musicians have for years performed an annual concert benefiting the San Joaquin County Historical Society. Again this year the concert will feature the full, seven-member The New Christy Minstrels. The event will be on the grounds of the Museum on Friday, July 25. 6 pm social hour, 6:30 pm NY steak dinner, 8 pm concert. Dinner and concert $75 per person. www.thenewchristyminstrels.com Tickets are available at the Museum office, (209) 331-2055 or (209) 953-3460.
"Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake" August 24-October 19
An exhibition on the complexity of the only WWII Japanese American Segregation Center. Tule Lake was the largest of 10 confinement centers and it housed people referred from all the other sites. Many confined at Tule Lake knew their rights had been undermined and were willing to stand up to the injustice, a most American thing to do. Through haunting images of artifacts by fine art photographer Hiroshi Watanabe, the exhibition provides glimpses into life at Tule Lake. Oral histories by those held captive bring forth the complex issues that swirl around their experiences.
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"Singing the Golden State" through August 10
Popular songs about California, from the Gold Rush through the vaudeville era, are celebrated in the new exhibition "Singing the Golden State," which will be at the Museum for an EXTENDED time, until August 10, 2014. The exhibition spotlights graphically striking sheet-music covers published from 1849 through the 1930s. It is a traveling exhibition from Exhibit Envoy developed by The Society of California Pioneers. more...
