Museum sights in Sierra Nevada
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Yosemite Museum
Places of cultural interest in the valley include the Yosemite Museum , which has Miwok and Paiute artifacts, including woven baskets, beaded buckskin dresses and dance capes made from feathers. Renowned local basket-weaver Julia Parker is often around for a demonstration and to answer questions. There's also an art gallery and, behind the museum, a reconstructed Indian village c 1870.
A self-guided interpretive trail winds past pounding stones, an acorn granary, a ceremonial roundhouse and a conical bark house.
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Tallac Museum
The Tallac Museum, inside the Baldwin Estate, has exhibits on the history of the resort and its founder, Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin. There's also the 1894 Pope Estate, now used for art exhibits and open for guided tours (around US$5). The boathouse of the grand Valhalla Estate now functions as a theater and concert venue. Other buildings contain a cultural arts store and an art gallery.
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Emigrant Trail Museum
The vehicle fee to Donner Memorial State Park includes admission to the excellent Emigrant Trail Museum, which has exhibits and a 25-minute film re-enacting the Donner Party's horrific plight. Outside, the Pioneer Monument has a 22ft pedestal - the exact depth of the snow that fateful winter. A short trail leads to a memorial at one family's cabin site.
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Pioneer Yosemite History Center
In Wawona, about 6 miles north of the upper grove of Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, wander around the manicured grounds of the elegant Wawona Hotel and the rustic Pioneer Yosemite History Center, where some of the park's oldest buildings were relocated. It also features stagecoaches that brought early tourists to Yosemite.
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Emigrant Trail Museum
The excellent Emigrant Trail Museum, which has exhibits and a 25-minute film re-enacting the Donner Party's horrific plight. Outside, the Pioneer Monument has a 22ft pedestal - the exact depth of the snow that fateful winter. A short trail leads to a memorial at one family's cabin site.
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Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum
The well-meaning Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum offers a glimpse into Tahoe's pioneer past. The modest exhibits include some fine early photographs, Washoe Indian baskets and a 150-year-old pipe organ.
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Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum
In a reconstructed log cabin, the Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum has a great collection of Tahoe memorabilia, and, in a new wing, an exquisite array of Native American baskets.
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Watson Cabin Museum
The 1908 Watson Cabin Museum, one of the town's oldest buildings, exemplifies local lifestyles in the early 20th century.
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Mariposa Grove Museum
In the upper grove is the Mariposa Grove Museum with displays about sequoia ecology.
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