Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum - Museum in Groveland - 18990 CA-120, USA

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 few minutes!

Nous sommes venus avec 3 enfants de 7 à 10 ans. Le musée est super. Énormément de pièces d'origine du début du 20e. Moments fascinants. Nous sommes venus un dimanche, c'était top. Merci beaucoup 🙂

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 through Groveland.

Nice front desk lady, good selection of reading materials, warm and welcoming place, informative displays. There are names on rocks and minerals outside which refresh my memories because I forgot everything learned in my geology 101 class.

It's a wonderful little gem of a museum. Interesting displays and a good amount of information about Groveland and the history of the area. Free admission. Highly recommended.

This is a small but rather interesting shop. There are artifacts from the local area. It has very nice displays of rocks and minerals from town The library is in the same buildings. Lots of parking too.

Very nice small museum focusing on history of the area plus nature from the past and present. They make mention of the Grizzly bear being in the area in the past, and on the state flag, but no longer exist here. Also some very neat small scale models of what some of the mines and log camps looked like. Models like that always captured my imagination when I was a kid. There are also plenty of books and souvenirs for sale.

Nice little museum that is worth a visit. Free admission. Had been able to spend a whole day reading their collection of newspaper clippings that included both the Great Wars, Titanic and SF earthquake. Very friendly staff.