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| Location | Angels Camp, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°04′35″N120°32′43″W / 38.076288°N 120.545318°W /38.076288; -120.545318 |
| Type | History museum |
| Website | Official website |
Angels Camp Museum is ahistory museum located inAngels Camp,California, in the United States. The museum focuses on the history of theCalifornia Gold Rush.[1] Angels Camp Museum is located on 3 acres (1.2 ha) of the original land claim for Angels Mine, which dates back to the 1850s. It spreads out between four buildings and features a collection of twenty-nine restoredhorse-drawn carriages.[2][3]
Angels Mine dates back to the 1850s. The museum sits on a portion of the mine land claim, where two of the three veins of theMother Lode meet.[3] Approximately 200 miles (320 km) of tunnels and shafts are located in Angels Mine, which was named after goldminer Henry Angel. As of 2012[update] the museum director is Bob Rogers. The museum also owns theAltaville Grammar School, the state's oldest extant schoolhouse.[3] Each year the museum waives its entry charges to host Gold Rush Day, celebrating the heritage of the gold rush with demonstrations, music, food, and costumed interpreters.[4]
The museum's collection focuses primarily on wagons and carriages as well as earlymining equipment. Other objects held in the collection include gold rush-eraminerals, a nineteenth-centuryslot machine, atelephone switchboard used at Angels Camp, and twenty-nine restoredhorse-drawn vehicles.[1][3] The museum also has films, historical photographs and general objects from the time period, such astypewriters and interior parts from thepost office located at the historic Angels Camp. The main building has exhibitions featuring antiques and historical objects, and a small theater which shows the filmJump, a documentary about the Frog Jump Jubilee, an annualfrog jumping contest. A garage on the property showcases the carriages, and another building features mining equipment.[3]
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