Location
49 Big Blue Road
PO Box 651
Kernville, CA 93238
(760) 376-6683
Hours:
10 am - 4 pm
Thursday - Sunday
We are closed:
New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
Admission is Free
Useful Info
What's Happening
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Message From the Pres
May will be here before we know it and it is going to be a very busy and special month.
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Curator's Corner
We’re back at work at the museum. You’ve probably seen some changes already. The Gobler Dairy sign...
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Cornerstone/Time Capsule Ceremony
On Thursday, May 17, the Grand Lodge of California of the Masons will honor our Annex with a...
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Field Trip
Field Trip - China Lake Museum Ridgecrest THE MUSEUM HAS MOVED INTO RIDGECREST. This is a great...
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Field Trip and March Class: Star Party & Paleontology in Kern County
If you missed either the class or field trip for March, everyone enjoyed both. The Star Party was...
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The Art Gallery
Showing in the Art room for the month of April are thoughtful and witty works of the youth of Camp...
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Education Seminar: By Dint of Hard Labor-The Booms and Busts of the Cove Mining District
The April 16 class, 10:00 a.m. at the museum annex will be led by Tim Kelly an archaeologist for...
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Tax Day Bunco
The Historical Society is having a fundraiser on Sunday, April 15, at 1:00 p.m. at the museum...
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Astronomy Day
International Astronomy Day is Saturday, April 21. In recognition of this day, the KRV Astronomy Club...
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Display Cabinet
We extended the exhibit of whiskey flasks. They honored St. Patrick’s Day in March. Thank you...
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Sirretta Street Yard Sale
Please start gathering up stuff you wish to donate for the Sirretta Street Sale. Make a pile, and...
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The Country Store
We will have one more meeting for all the Country Store docents. This will be training just for...
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Docents
This has been such a learning past month! I decided to have a series of “refresher” meetings for...
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Membership Meeting
Hi friends, I’m excited to announce our next General Meeting program will be about Gold Mining...
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Membership Report
Welcome new members: Charles Lee, Wofford Heights; Dana Rubin, Kernville; Martin Lamb,...
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Membership Meeting Recap
Wow we had another great program. Jill Belanger gave a great presentation about the Life and...
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Website Visitors
This past month, we had 216 visits, and 89 percent were new sessions....
NEWS FLASH
Owens Camp Art at Museum
2018 Whiskey Flat Parade
The Kern Valley Museum houses artifacts from prehistoric times to the present. We have a large geological and fossil exhibit, mining and ranching artifacts, an interactive history of the Edison hydroelectric plants, exhibits of the movie-making history of the area and construction of the Isabella Dam.
There are thousands of photographs of the early settlers, miners, cowboys and Indians.
Our wonderful back porch and yard are home for a 1925 Graham Truck, covered wagon and the Stagecoach John Wayne rode while filming scenes of “Stagecoach” in our Valley.
We also have a giant stamp mill used to render gold-bearing ore to powder, a working assay office, blacksmith shop and a restored and furnished 100 year old cabin.
In the 1850’s, Gold Fever gripped the nation. The Kern River Valley was part of the gold rush that spurred the westward migration of fortune seekers who became ranchers, farmers and merchants when the gold played out.
The Museum stands rich in history. Come and discover the treasures it holds!