The Angels Camp Museum Foundation will be hosting a special dinner event September 8, 2018 to benefit the Angels Camp Museum Foundation Lecture Series. Thanks to the current owner and resident, Tad Folendorf, the Utica Mansion will once again be open to the public for tours, complete with a history of the home followed by a delicious dinner catered by Pickle Patch on the Utica Mansion grounds.
“For many years, the mansion was a focal point for major social events of the Angels Camp community, “said Karen Strand, Angels Camp Museum Foundation President. “With the exception of minor alterations to the lower floor in the 1950's, the house today is as it was in the 1890's.” The mansion began as a modest 2-story stone Federal house built by Utica Mine owner Robert Leeper in 1882. Leeper sold the mine and his home to Charles D. Lane. Early in the 1890’s, Lane undertook an elaborate remodel that doubled the home’s size and transformed it into the mansion as it exists today. Picture “A lot of people don’t know that the house was also used as an office,” said Tad Folendorf, current Utica Mansion own
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Although the Old Timers Museum in Murphy's had to close recently, the museum’s extensive collection has found a new home in Angels Camp. Over the course of several months, Old Timers Museum board members and other volunteers spent many hours photographing, cataloguing and carefully packing the museum’s artifacts for transport to the Angels Camp Museum. Many items are now on display in the carriage house, and additional artifacts not currently displayed are stored on shelves, with textiles, photographs and documents safely tucked away in acid-free boxes. Click here to read the article on the move featured in Calaveras Enterprize.
The Angels Camp Museum had just taken delivery in March of new Acoustiguide handsets for the upcoming launch of the new self-guided audio tour of their 3-acre campus full of Gold Rush era history when the stay at home order was put in place. Since then, the planned April 11 launch date has come and gone and at present at least in California, only outdoor museum exhibits are allowed to be open.
Just in Time for Back to School (Or Not): Discover what Life was really like during California’s Gold Rush
Angels Camp, CA – September 28, 2020 – The Angels Camp Museum had just taken delivery in March of new Acoustiguide handsets for the upcoming launch of the new self-guided audio tour of their 3-acre campus full of Gold Rush era history when the stay at home order was put in place. Since then, the planned April 11 launch date has come and gone and at present at least in California, only outdoor museum exhibits are allowed to be open. Native son Martin Huberty returns to Calaveras County to take over the Calaveras Visitors Bureau and becomes the new Angels Camp Museum Director. One of the Pandemic’s few positive unintended consequences was the co-location of the CVB with the Angels Camp Museum grounds from its original old town Angels Camp location. One of the first places people go when visiting the area is the Visitor’s Bureau and with the museum right there -it makes it the perfect first stop to kick off a tour of the Gold Country and the Sierra foothills.
Museum Introduces New Digital Docent Self-Guided Audio Tour
Angels Camp, CA – March 30, 2020 – The Angels Camp Museum Foundation in collaboration with the staff and historians at the Angels Camp Museum is announcing the launch of a self-guided audio tour bringing the history of the California Gold Rush to life as visitors explore the museum’s three-acre campus. The official launch is timed to coincide with the museum’s April 11 Living History Day where the Carpentry, Printing and Weaving artisan exhibits will all be staffed by docents in period costume and demonstrating their crafts. The Angels Camp Museum Foundation in collaboration with the staff and historians at the Angels Camp Museum is announcing the launch of a self-guided audio tour bringing the history of the California Gold Rush to life as visitors explore the museum’s three-acre campus. The official launch is timed to coincide with the museum’s April 11 Living History Day where the Carpentry, Printing and Weaving artisan exhibits will all be staffed by docents in period costume and demonstrating their crafts.
Angels Camp, CA– The Angels Camp Museum Foundation will feature Lee Stetson who brilliantly portrays John Muir, America’s foremost naturalist and conservationist at their October 14 Lecture. Lee has been bringing his portrayal of John Muir to Yosemite audiences since 1983 and his Muir presentations have toured worldwide. His presentations begin as Lee Stetson but reportedly, by the end of the lecture you swear you are witnessing John Muir in person!
The lecture will be held at the Angels Camp Museum Carriage House, Sunday, October 14 from 2:00-3:00 pm. Museum Members attend for free; non-members are $10 per person. The museum is located at 753 South Main Street in Angels Camp. Refreshments available at 1:30. About the Angels Camp Museum Foundation The Angels Camp Museum Foundation supports the development and expansion of the collections, programs and resources of the Angels Camp Museum in Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California, and to establish it as one of the premier local history and educational museums in Northern California. |
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