Humboldt County Museums

All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change.

Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park

1 X St., Eureka 95501, 444-3437 • BlueOxMill.com

Self-guided tour of Victorian-era woodworking shop, skid camp and farm; workshops in woodworking, blacksmithing and ceramics.

Clarke Historical Museum

3rd & E Sts., Eureka 95501, 443-1947 • ClarkeMuseum.org

Permanent and rotating exhibits of Humboldt County History, period rooms and American Indian basketry and regalia.

Discovery Museum

612 G St., #102, Eureka 95501, 443-9694 • Discovery-Museum.org

Hands-on children’s museum with art, science, ocean and health exhibits. Please call for events available for children’s parties.

Ferndale Museum

Shaw & 3rd Sts., Ferndale 95536, 786-4466 • Ferndale-Museum.org

INDIGENOUS HERITAGE & CULTURE

Local Northwestern California Karuk, Hupa, Tolowa, Wiyot, and Yurok Tribes remain in their traditional homelands. Celebrate and honor local tribe’s stories, ceremonies, history, art, and culture throughout Humboldt County.

American Indian Art & Gift Shop

241 F St., Eureka, 95501, 445-8451, NCIDC.org

Art and gifts by national Native American artists.

Clarke Historical Museum

See above in Humboldt County Museums

End of the Trail Museum at Trees of Mystery

15500 Hwy 101 N., Klamath 95548

800-638-3389, TreesOfMystery.net

Largest privately owned collection of Native American art and artifacts, as well as rare Edward Curtis orotone photographs.

Hoopa Tribal Museum

Hwy 96 at Hoopa Shopping Center, Hoopa 95546, 530-625-4110, see on Facebook

Demonstrates the culture and history of the native people of the area, including Hupa, Yurok and Karuk. Native artifacts, as well as a village and fort (by advance appointment). Ceremonial celebrations throughout the summer.

Potawot Health Village

1600 Weott Way, Arcata 95521, 825-5000

UIHS.org/locations/potawot-health-village-arcata

Owned and operated by the United Indian Health Services, this healing center includes healthcare services for Native Americans, a permanent collection of paintings, sculpture and basketry made by contemporary and traditional American Indian artists, two-miles of walking trails and a wellness garden on its 40-acre site.

Sumeg Village Heritage Attraction

Sue Meg State Park State Park

4150 Sue Meg State Park Dr., Trinidad 95570 677-3570, www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=417

Features recreated Yurok village with plank homes set in the ground.

Displays Victorian life with typical living settings, dairy and agricultural equipment, blacksmith area, antique machine shop items, local photos and an operating seismograph.

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park & Logging Trail

3431 Fort Ave., Eureka 95503, 445-6547 www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=665

Attractions include original buildings, logging museum, Dolbeer Steam Donkey, locomotives and self-guided trails chronicling the history of Fort Humboldt.

Fortuna Depot Museum

621 11th St., Fortuna 95540, 725-7645 • FriendlyFortuna.com

Located in the Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot built in 1889, the museum features local history and railroad memorabilia.

Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum Across the bridge from Eureka in Samoa• 908 Vance Ave., Samoa, next to the Samoa Cookhouse, 444-9440 • HumboldtBayMaritimeMuseum.com

Nautical items, ship models, ship building tools, artifacts related to shipwrecks and lighthouses including fresnel lens, and bay ferries information.

Cal Poly Natural History Museum

1242 G St., Arcata 95521, 826-4479 • Humboldt.edu/natmus

Museum is open to the public Tues.-Sat., 10-5. Interactive exhibits, fossils and displays on local animals, insects, marine life and birds.

Morris Graves Museum of Art

636 F St., Eureka 95501, 442-0278 • HumboldtArts.org

Former Carnegie Library is home to the Humboldt Arts Council, six galleries and a sculpture garden. Also offered are Monthly Programs including First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, Family Arts Days and Community Jazz Jams.

Samoa Cookhouse Logging Museum • Across the Samoa Bridge off Cookhouse Rd., Samoa, 442-1659 SamoaCookhouse.net

Logging equipment, photographs and memorabilia from the heyday of logging in Humboldt County in the very early 1900s.

Trinidad Museum • 400 Janis Ct. at Sue Meg State Park Dr., Trinidad 95570, 677-3883 • TrinidadMuseum.org

Photos of the area’s whaling and logging history, native plant garden, marine shells and Yurok artifacts.

Willow Creek-China Flat Museum • PO Box 102, Willow Creek 95573 • 530-629-2653 • BigfootCountry.net

Features logging, mining and farming history of the region, Native American information, a blacksmith shop, and a Bigfoot display area.