Museum is now closed due to Covid safety concerns and County health recommendations.
MOTHERLODE MUSEUM ALLIANCE - THE GATEWAY TO THE MOTHERLODE
History Museum Alliance (HMA)
STCHS and the Yosemite Gateway Museum are members of an alliance of 15 local history and community museums in the "Motherlode" - the area of the California Sierra foothills that was the primary location for the Gold Rush after 1849. Stretching 125 miles from Placerville (El Dorado County) in the north to Waterford (Stanislaus County), the alliance offers those interested in local history a great opportunity to experience all the color and variety of Gold Rush Days. The 14 museums are listed below (in order from north to south). For more information and to access the websites for each museum, visit Gatewaytothemotherlode.com.
El Dorado County Museum - Placerville
Fountain and Tallman Museum - Placerville
Underground Gold Miners Museum - Alleghany
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum - Arnold
Amador County Museum - Jackson
Kennedy Gold Mine - Jackson
Underground Gold Miners Museum - Alleghany
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum - Arnold .
Underground Gold Miners Museum - Alleghany
Alpine County Museum - Markleeville
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum - Arnold
Tuolumne County Museum - Sonora
Tuolumne County Museum - Sonora
Northern Mariposa County Museum - Coulterville
Mariposa County Museum - Marisposa
Oakdale Museum - Oakdale .
Waterford Museum - Waterford
La Grange Museum - La Grange