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Ferndale Museum, Ferndale, CA
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Ferndale Museum

A nonprofit museum in Ferndale that holds artifacts and records from Gold Rush-era settlement to the present, including an active seismograph.

515 Shaw Street, Ferndale, CA · Ferndale, CA

About Ferndale Museum

The Ferndale Museum is a nonprofit in Ferndale, California, that displays artifacts, documents, and papers from the area's settlement during the Gold Rush through today. Its collection covers the lower Eel River Valley, reaching south to the Mattole River Valley and west to the Pacific Ocean. Visitors can see an active Bosch-Omori seismograph, over 8,000 photographs, back issues of the Ferndale Enterprise newspaper, and family papers spanning about 150 years. The museum also offers tours, including candlelight ghost-story tours in October, and has a research and genealogy service.

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