Yosemite Museum

A park museum in Yosemite Valley focused on the history and culture of the valley's Indigenous people and the early days of the national park.

Yosemite Valley, CA

About Yosemite Museum

The Yosemite Museum sits in Yosemite Valley within Yosemite National Park. Its displays center on the heritage of the Ahwahnechee people who lived in the valley, and its collection includes baskets made from about 1870 to the present. The building was designed in the National Park Service Rustic Style, using local materials to blend with the surrounding cliffs. Construction ran from 1924 to 1925, and the museum opened to the public in 1926. Its early exhibits were arranged to guide visitors through the valley's geology and natural history. Today the museum presents changing exhibits each year.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Yosemite Museum, ordered by straight-line distance.

Sports & Outdoors
Iconic
Yosemite National Park
Under $25
Look up at Half Dome and the waterfalls of Yosemite Valley, then head to Glacier Point or the giant sequoias of the Mariposa Grove.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Right next doorSwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sports & Outdoors
Iconic
Yosemite Falls
$25–$50
Walk a one-mile loop to the base of a 2,425-foot waterfall that drops in three stages into Yosemite Valley.
0.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Tours
Family Favorite
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
$25–$50
Ride a historic narrow-gauge steam train through the Sierra National Forest just outside Yosemite's south entrance.
18 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
Sightseeing
Wassama Round House State Historic Park
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A state historic park preserving a traditional Southern Sierra Miwok gathering place still used for ceremonies.
27 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
June Mountain Ski Area
$50+
A laid-back Eastern Sierra ski area near June Lake with skiing and riding for the whole family.
28 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
Devils Postpile National Monument
Under $25
A national monument in the Sierra Nevada known for a striking cluster of basalt columns and a 101-foot waterfall.
29 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing