The Maidu Museum & Historic Site is an interpretive center[1] museum dedicated to public education about the Maidu peoples of what is now California, United States.
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Established | 1998 |
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Location | 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive Roseville, California, United States |
Type | Interpretive Center |
Website | Official website |
The museum sits at an ancient site where Nisenan Maidu families lived for 3,000 years. Hundreds of bedrock mortar holes, petroglyphs on sandstone boulders, rock art, and a vast midden area are evidence of thousands of years of residence.[2] The site has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.
The site is unique in the presentation of Maidu life.[3][4] The museum offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, and special events.
Exhibits
editThe center contains several permanent exhibits.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Maidu Interpretive Center". News10.net. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "City of Roseville, California - History". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Sacramento Press / History Museum Presents "An Indigenous History of Sacramento" Special Lecture - 4/14". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "Maidu Museum & Historic Site – Museum Day Venues". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "City of Roseville, California - Exhibits". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
External links
edit- Maidu Museum & Historic Site - official site