Tulare County Museum

 

The Tulare County Museum offers a large window to the past with five separate sections of historical artifacts. Another section for antique farm equipment is bequeathed and will be added in the near future. A woolly mammoth tusk that could be 11,000 to 30,000 years old is on display, along with artifacts of early settlers and Yokut Indians, some dating back 1,000 years. Outbuildings include fully furnished homes that have been moved to the site, as well as a complete blacksmith shop, an old jail, an original log cabin and early school.Children love to climb aboard an early 1900s Southern Pacific caboose behind the main museum building as they gain an understanding into the areas well-preserved sense of time and place.