These six museums in Northern California offer free entry and take visitors on journeys through history, from early technologies to maritime artifacts, firefighting equipment, and more.
Museum of American Heritage
Located in Palo Alto, the Museum of American Heritage is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and displaying historic innovations and technologies from 1750 to 1950.
It opened to the public in 1990 with 600 artifacts and continued to collect a broad range of electrical and mechanical items. The museum now has a vast collection of over 8,000 artifacts displayed in rotating exhibits.
“In our modern world, it’s easy to overlook the individual innovations that have propelled technology forward. The Museum of American Heritage (MOAH) offers the chance to understand how these innovations have shaped daily life today,” Michelle Fabian, executive director at the museum, told The Epoch Times in an email. “This is especially meaningful for the communities of Palo Alto and the surrounding areas, where the inventions of Silicon Valley define innovation.”…