Museum Happenings

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Lots of exciting announcements about the museum, read more below!

• For the past few months, our museum volunteers and staff have been hard at work to bring the history of Angels Camp (and beyond!) alive with new displays and revamped exhibits.
• We are proud to announce that the long-awaited outdoor Jumping Frog Jubilee Exhibition will fully open April 30th with our “Who Let the Frogs Out” celebration. Enjoy free Museum admission, food vendors, and even a Frog Jump for children. The display itself features a timeline of Frog Jump and Angels Camp history as well as a stage where visitors can try their luck at out-jumping world record holder, Rosie the Ribeter.
• After a long hiatus, gold panning lessons have returned! This was a much-loved activity for our visitors pre-Covid, and we are so glad to be able to offer it again. For only $5 a person, you too can learn how to pan like a pro.
• On March 12th, members of the Matuca 1849 Chapter of E Clampus Vitus dedicated a plaque to Museum founder, William Daniels. This beautiful stone monument is now on display in front of the Carriage House.
• We’re always working on something new in the Museum, and this week Museum staff, Chuck Schneider and Jim Miller are excited to be able to display our mercury retort furnace in the Pole Barn. This 1,200lb beast of boiler was previously outdoors, but through some heavy lifting and elbow grease, it now plays a crucial part in telling the story of Angels Camp gold mining.
• Below the Pole Barn we’ve able to redo the gravel pathways leading around our outdoor displays. Previously, overgrown bramble made our lower exhibit our best kept secret, but with the path resurfacing, new and returning visitors can enjoy our larger pieces of Gold Rush history.
• Also, keep an eye out for our beautiful new forthcoming exhibit information displays generously sponsored by our volunteers, Museum Foundation members, and members of the public.

MUSEUM NEEDS VOLUNTEER DOCENTS:  If you love history and you like meeting new people, you'd be a perfect museum docent to share our history with museum visitors!  Training is included and it's a lot of fun - the museum attracts visitors from all over the world!  For more information contact: jessica@gocalaveras.com
 
MUSEUM HOURS:  Open 7 Days a week, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Admission:
$15.00 Adults,  $10 Children 6-17, under 6 (free)
Audio Tour: $5.00 Additional
Discounts:

• Veterans, Active Duty, Seniors, First Responders and Calaveras County Residents receive a 20% discount ($12.00)
• Families of 4 and above (same family) $40.00 flat fee