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'Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of California’s Gold Rush' Museum Exhibition
- When Ongoing until Tuesday, September 14, 2010
- Wednesday 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Thursday 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Where Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, Bonita
- Age limit Not available
- Cost Not available
Above: Exterior shot of the Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, which will host the traveling exhibition "Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of California’s Gold Rush."
"Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of California’s Gold Rush" is an exhibition that presents a treasury of Gold Rush era events, images and documents.
This traveling exhibit, hosted by the Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, will open for an eight week run on July 20. Also on display will be photographs and artifacts of San Diego’s Gold Rush of 1868 on loan from the Pioneer Museum located in Julian.
The exhibit consists of twenty-four photo-mural panels that present text and representations of primary documents, photographs, daguerreotypes, and Gold Rush era paintings.
The exhibit shows California before the fateful discovery of gold in the American River, the frenzied rush to the gold fields overland and by sea, the experience of vigilante justice, life in the rowdy gold camps, Gold Rush era commerce, and the shaping of California’s future.
It also spotlights the stories of individual Californians, women, Native Americans, and adventurers and gold seekers who emigrated from all parts of the world during the tumultuous and colorful Gold Rush era.
The Bonita Museum & Cultural Center is located at 4355 Bonita Road in Bonita. Google Map
Museum Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For further information, please call 619-267-5141.
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