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    Bernhard Museum Complex

    4.6 (25 reviews)

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    Lydia A.

    We only did the tour of the house but it was amazing. The two tour guides were so knowledgeable and friendly. The house is a replica of exactly what it would have looked like back in the day. There were so many special things to see in there including art from unusual materials, a wedding dress and a kitchen with old fashioned "appliances." My 5 year old was enthralled and it was short enough that she didn't surpass her attention span. The guides were truly incredible and the highlight of the experience. You can tell they care about preserving the history of it all.

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    Wonderful informative field trip. Stations weee well done and being a parent volunteer it was great .

    Great tour. Loved our guide
    Melissa S.

    Customer Service is amazing. The docent gave us an amazing tour at the end of her shift. I would recommend this place to others. Filled with history I never knew. I would love to come back during a living tour, like the kids get to enjoy when they come on their bus tour. Location: Convient to freeway. Free parking in their own lot. Winery: There is a winery in the own winery. It's quite fascinating as to how cool it is. Bathroom: They have an outdoor own for all to use.

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    Kristin S.

    Doesn't get any better! I've been on two field trips here with our school in the last five years. We dressed like pioneers and pretended to be pioneers for an entire day. The folks who work here are so nice and do a great job at making sure everyone has fun and learns a lot too. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

    Ashley F.

    My sister and I stop here every time we're in Auburn. The tour guides are amazing like Sharon mentioned they really seemed excited to share the history of the home & surrounding area. I love how all the rooms are set up it's like stepping back in time

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    Gold Rush Museum - Inside

    Gold Rush Museum

    4.3(16 reviews)
    0.9 mi

    This is a free museum that's small, but interesting with a lot of information on the history of the…read moreGold Rush. It's a nice museum for adults & kiddos alike that's worth the short time it takes to walk through it. Some of the things you'll see here-- A giant statue in front called "The Chinese Coolie" A chance to try panning (although there were no actual gold objects in the water to find) Spin a wheel to see what your fate would've been Weigh yourself & find out your worth in gold Take a photo with props Sit on a bench in the small theater to watch a documentary Walk through a mine cave The staffer who was there was friendly, funny, & informative. He gave us a brief description of the layout. He greeted us when we entered & thanked us for visiting when we left.

    Eureka! I struck gold on my second and third panning attempts. I didn't really know the proper…read moretechnique, as I was casually listening to the docent as he was talking about some interesting facts. After I found the gold flake, he gave me a small vial to put water and the flake inside. The only problem was getting that gold flake out of the pan. I managed and was running out of time as the museum closes at 4pm. (I got there at 3:20pm on a Sunday.) I grabbed another set of sand/rocks and panned another smaller flake. This is a must go if you're in the Sacramento region. It's definitely worth the 40 minute drive from the state capitol.

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    Gold Rush Museum - "The Chinese Coolie" out front

    "The Chinese Coolie" out front

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    Placer County Museum - Sheriffs Office

    Placer County Museum

    4.9(17 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    This museum has exhibits in different first floor sections of the courthouse. We happened to go on…read morea holiday weekday when court wasn't in session, so it wasn't busy & it was an easy walk in. The outside architecture of the building is stately. When we entered the main area of the museum, we were nicely greeted by a staffer who explained different areas to see. She also told us about Heritage Trail stamp cards, which we started (6/6/26 to 9/12/26 event). There's quite a bit we saw including... 13+ lbs of gold in the Placer County Gold Collection Courthouse building history Fossils Stagecoach Sheriff's office set up Native American artifacts Railroad info Andrew Carnegie libraries legacy in the area Artwork Historical clothing styles Hands-on telegraph to learn Morse Code Photo cutouts & "Wanted" sign props that we had fun with This was a nicely laid out, richly educational, & interesting place to visit that didn't take a lot of time to see.

    Located inside The Placer County Courthouse building, this museum houses some of the historic…read moreartifacts from the early Nisenan inhabitants. It also includes the Pate Collection of American Indian artifacts and the original Thomas Kinkade painting "Auburn Centennial". The Placer County Gold Collection is also on exhibit here. Free admission and located on the first floor. Second floor is an active superior courthouse. We had a great time exploring this museum.

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    Placer County Museum - Soda Apparatus

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    Old Town Auburn

    Old Town Auburn

    4.4(19 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    From my separate City of Auburn review:…read more Auburn is an attractive city, especially Old Town Auburn, which attracts passersby on the highway between Reno and Sacramento with the quaint architecture on a hill flanked by a giant sculpture. Its small-town charm is likely why movies like Rocky and Bullwinkle, Breakdown, Wisdom, and xXx had scenes shot here, but the town relates most to the 1996 John Travolta movie Phinome Phenomin Phenomm Look Who's Talking. The guy who discovered gold here in 1849 was memorialized by Ken Fox with a 45-ton concrete (rebar and wire mesh) statue at the entrance of Old Town. Ken Fox was a dentist able to do this in between teeth cleanings and forcing customers to look at super close-up pictures of their teeth in order to sell "special deep teeth cleaning" by the quadrant. This dentist has more "Great Statues" in the area which you'd likely find ful-"filling". Get it? Anyway, it's right off the highway, so stop there and check out Old Town. (Check my reviews on Edelweis 2 and the California Club)

    Quality/Quantity - What a cool active town, see pictures…read more(and/or their website) of some current events. This might be our new pit stop...? Or a designated location? We usually go to downtown Auburn, so I am glad we came to Old Town this time. Atmosphere - Cool historic town. Lots of locally owned shops. Plenty of places to eat. Walk friendly but not sure if ADA friendly. Dog friendly, at least at the brewery. :) Service - Good, everyone we met was friendly. Price - Depends on where you shop, eat, and drink. Owner Comment - What a great fun town, looking forward to coming back soon when I have more time.

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    Old Town Auburn
    Old Town Auburn
    Old Town Auburn - Stay gold!

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    Historic Courthouse - Some history

    Historic Courthouse

    4.6(7 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    My friend and I were strolling around Old Town Auburn when we saw this very grand building on top…read moreof the hill. We both wondered if that's their City Hall... Convinced that it probably is (it's not), we decided to hike up the hill to take a closer look only to realize as we hiked up that it was a lot farther away. Also we were surprised at the very steep hills here. So we made the decision to walk back down toward the center of Old Town and drove the parked car up to what we now realized is the Historic Courthouse. Built in 1898, it is now also the site of the current Placer County Superior Court (2nd floor) and The Placer County Museum which is located on the 1st floor. Of note, there's a Placer County women's jail (exhibit) which is a makeshift cell underneath the north staircase that was put here in 1905 due to it being too expensive to house women prisoners in local hotels and too dangerous to house them with men in the main jail. Located on Maple Street and Union Street.

    This is a really cool historic courthouse. THE FOLLOWING WAS…read moreCPOIED FROM THE WEB SITE: Built in 1898, this courthouse is an elegantly-designed look into the history of Auburn. The beautifully restored Courthouse, which echoes many of the design elements in the state capital building, The Placer County Museum is also located on the first floor of the courthouse. They also have a historical small jail room that was built especially for women because prior to that they could not intermingle men and women in the same jail cells so they would put them up in a hotel room prior to this jail, self being built. The grounds are very well kept and there are plenty of photo ops.

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    Historic Courthouse - A model of the Historic Auburn Court House

    A model of the Historic Auburn Court House

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    Historic Courthouse

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