Your Passport to the Museums of the Gold Country Historical Museum Alliance. Below is a list of museums and historical locations linked to the “Golden Chain Highway” (State Route 49), the transportation route that was critical to the California Gold Rush. These museums and historical locations contain Local Community, Mining, Logging, Flora & Fauna, Transportation, and the Indigenous Peoples exhibits and artifacts. See links below for each museum and historical location.
Historical Museums Alliance Links
Amador County Museum - http://amadorcountyhistoricalsociety.org
El Dorado County Historical Museum – http://museum.edcgov.us
Fountain & Tallman Museum – http://eldoradocountyhistoricalsociety.org
Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum – http://grovelandmuseum.org
La Grange Museum – http://facebook.com/lagrangemuseum
Mariposa Museum – http://mariposamuseum.com
Northern Mariposa County Museum – http://coultervillehistorycenter.org
Oakdale Museum – http://oakdalemuseum.org
Oakdale Cowboy Museum – http://oakdalecowboymuseum.org
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum – http://sierraloggingmuseum.org
Tuolumne City Memorial Museum – http://tuolumnemuseum.wordpress.com
Tuolumne County Museum – http://tchistory.org