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Resource Guide for Sonoma County

Fort Ross State Historic Park
Healdsburg Museum
Jesse Peter Museum
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Petaluma Historical Library and Museum
Sonoma State Historic Park

Fort Ross State Historic Park

Museum and Interpretive Center contain exhibits on the Kashaya Pomo Indian settlements, Russian settlers, and the Mexican rancho period

Rresearch library available to scholars and members of the Fort Ross Interpretive Association

Location: 19005 Coast Highway One, approximately 1/2 hour north of Jenner

Visitors Center and Fort Compound open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Admission: $4 per vehicle; seniors $3 per vehicle

Call (707) 847-3286

Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=449

Healdsburg Museum

Houses the historical collections donated to the City of Healdsburg

Impressive range of artifacts related to northern Sonoma County history, such as Pomo Indian basketry, nineteenth century weapons, tools, textiles, and crafts

Extensive archival library includes some 8,000 original photographs

Location: 221 Matheson Street in Healdsburg

Open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. Free guided tours are available for groups by appointment.

Call (707) 431-3325

Visit: http://www.healdsburgmuseum.org

Jesse Peter Museum

Houses collections of ethnographic art from throughout the Americas and parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific

Permanent exhibits include Pomo roundhouse model and basketry, Plains and Plateau, Southwest Jewelry, Hopi Pueblo model with Kachina Dolls, and Pueblo pottery

Location: Bussman Hall on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa

Open mid-August to mid-May, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on all school holidays and during the summer

Visit http://www.santarosa.edu/museum/

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

See what life was like on at a nineteenth-century California rancho
Location: 3325 Adobe Road in Petaluma
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $10
Call (707) 762-4871
Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=474

Petaluma Historical Library and Museum

Former library now houses exhibits of Petaluma poultry, dairy, and Miwok Indian history from the 1850s

Location: 20 Fourth Street in Petaluma

Open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday from 12 noon to 3 p.m., and by appointment

Call (707) 778-4398

Visit http://www.petalumamuseum.com/contact.htm

Sonoma State Historic Park

Mission San Francisco Solano is the northernmost mission in Alta California, the only mission built during the Mexican period, and the last of California's 21 missions, built in 1823.

The Barracks were constructed by General Vallejo in 1834.

Within the barracks is a museum with artifacts from the Mexican period in California and a replica of soldiers' quarters

The Vallejo Home, built in 1851, was General Vallejo's "Yankee-style" home. He had the prefabricated home shipped around the Cape. Guided tours are offered.

Location: along Spain Street in downtown Sonoma; main office is at 363 3rd Street West

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Call (707) 938–9560 (Mission), (707) 939-9420 (Barracks), or (707) 938-9559 (Vallejo Home)

Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=479

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