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The Heritage Trail Free Museum Days

By Macaroni Kid Roseville-Rocklin-Lincoln June 13, 2023

Free Museum Days in Placer County
The Heritage Trail 2023

The Heritage Trail Free Museum Days is back. 

From the blog:

June 3rd – Sierra College Natural History Museum

June 10th – Lincoln Area Archives Museum, Wheatland History Museum, and Fruitvale Schoolhouse Museum

June 17th – Bernhard Museum, and Benton Welty Schoolroom

June 24th – Maidu Museum & Historic Site, Roseville Telephone Museum, and Roseville Historical Society Carnegie Museum

July 8th – Loomis Basin Historical Society at the Loomis Library and Community Learning Center, Griffith Quarry Museum, and Rocklin History Museum

July 15th – Golden Drift Museum, and Colfax Area Heritage Museum

July 22nd – Placer County Museum, Gold Rush Museum, and Western States Trail Museum (Placer County Visitor's Bureau)

August 5th – Summit Tunnel Conservation Association Hike

August 13th – Gatekeepers Museum, and Watson Cabin

August 19th – Museum of Truckee History, Truckee Railroad Museum, and Truckee Old Jail Museum

August 26th – Placer County Archives and Collections Facility and DeWitt History Museum

September 2nd – Donner Summit Historical Society's 20 Mile Museum and History Hub, and Forest Hill Divide Museum**

**Forest Hill Divide Museum Heritage Trail continues September 4th

PLACER COUNTY MUSEUMS: (note not all are included in the Free Heritage Trail Days)

Bernhard Museum Complex

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 291 Auburn Folsom Road, Auburn, CA 95603


Carnegie Library Museum, Roseville Historical Society

Phone: 916-773-3003

Address: 557 Lincoln St., Roseville, CA 95678


DeWitt History Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 2985 Richardson Dr., Auburn, CA 95603


*Donner Summit Historical Society

Phone: 530-587-2160

Address: 21501 Soda Springs Rd., Truckee, CA 96161


Foresthill Divide Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 24601 Harrison St., Foresthill, CA 95631


Fruitvale School Museum

Address: 2586 Crosby Herold Rd., Lincoln, CA 95648

Phone: 530-889-6500


Gatekeeper’s Museum

Phone: 530-583-1762

Address: 130 W. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA 96145


Gold Country Medical Museum

Phone: 530-863-3274 (FYI: this is not a dedicated museum line, and is answered "This is Lynn." Don't worry, it's the correct contact!) 

Address: 219 Maple St., Auburn, CA 95603


Gold Rush Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 601 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603


Golden Drift Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 32820 Main St., Dutch Flat, CA 95714


Griffith Quarry Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 7504 Rock Springs Rd., Penryn, CA 95663


Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Phone: 916-774-5934

Address: 1970 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville, CA 95661


Museum of Truckee History

Phone: 530-582-0893

Address: 10065 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, CA 96161


Placer County Historical Society, Benton Welty School Room
Auburn City Hall
1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn CA


Placer County Museum

Phone: 530-889-6500

Address: 101 Maple St., Auburn, CA 95603


Rocklin Historical Society Museum

Hours: Saturday, 1:00-4:00pm

Address: 3895 Rocklin Rd., Rocklin, CA 95677


Roseville Telephone Museum

Hours: Currently closed

Address:  106 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678


Sierra College Natural History Museum

Phone: 916-660-7923

Address: 5100 Sierra College Blvd., Rocklin, CA 95677


Watson’s Cabin Museum

Phone: 530-583-1762

Address: 560 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA 96145


It's always best to check their site before you go, just in case they have made any changes


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