Ferndale Museum

The nonprofit Ferndale Museum, located in Ferndale, California, houses and exhibits artifacts, documents and papers from settlement during the California Gold Rush to the present including an active Bosch-Omori seismograph.

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Opening hours: Wednesday—Saturday 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: nonprofit history museum in Humboldt County, California
Address: 515 Shaw Avenue, CA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ferndale Public Library.

Ferndale Public Library

Library

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The Ferndale Public Library was built in 1909 as a Carnegie Grant Library on donated land and supported by the city of Ferndale, California, until becoming part of the Humboldt County Library system in 1915. Ferndale Public Library is situated 760 feet northeast of Ferndale Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferndale and Arlynda Corners.

Ferndale

Photo: Ellin Beltz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County is in the North Coast region of California with a charming Victorian ambience.

Arlynda Corners

Hamlet

Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.

Arlynda Corners is a locality in Humboldt County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. The name "Arlynda" was selected in 1882. Arlynda Corners was a cross-roads village between Ferndale and Port Kenyon, California.

Port Kenyon

Hamlet

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Port Kenyon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of Ferndale, at an elevation of 13 feet.

Ferndale Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.57835° or 40° 34′ 42″ north

Longitude

-124.26338° or 124° 15′ 48″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

84GQHPHP+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1459471089

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

5563579

Wikidata ID

Q5445063

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