Museums & Galleries

Turtle Bay Exploration Park

Spanning the Sacramento River in Redding, and connected by the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay designed by Santiago Calatrava, Turtle Bay Exploration Park is a 300-acre campus containing educational and entertaining activities that interpret the relationship between humans and nature. The Park tells the stories of the region and its people through a museum and art gallery, wildlife exhibits, forest camp, a year-round aviary, amphitheater, and an arboretum & gardens. For seasonal programs, hours, and…

Turtle Bay Museum Store & Coffee Bar

The Museum Store offers a wide assortment of products, from locally crafted items to park memorabilia, Redding souvenirs, jewelry and books. Children's area features animal puppets and fun educational toys. Our Coffee Bar is open 8am - 5pm daily specializes in grab and go fare, beverages and specialty coffee drinks.

Bolt's Antique Tool Museum

The museum displays approximately 12,000 different items consisting of wrenches, blacksmith tools, tune-up related items, jacks, service station items, plumbing tools, soldering irons, electric tools, hand grinders and other misc. items. Over 2,000 brands dating back to the 1820's. Considered to be one of the most historical tool museums in the world. Open 7 days a week. Mon - Sat. 10 am -3:45pm, Sundays 11:45 -3:45 pm.

Gaumer's Jewelry & Museum

Gaumer's has beautiful jewelry and gift items. Known for fine quality and workmanship, excellent service, and very reasonable prices. Fascinating mineral and mining museum on premises (Free Admission).

C.F. Lott Home in Sank Park

The home of Judge C.F.Lott, a'49er and prominent figure, was built in 1856.  The home, filled with many original furnishings and artifacts, tells a story of unrequited love, and life long devotion.

Feather River Nature Center

The museum is a WPA built rock building with changing displays.   Created alongside the Feather River on the site of Oroville’s first park, the nature center features walking trai

Fort Crook Museum

The story of the Indians and early settlers of this area are depicted by several rooms of antique furniture, a blacksmith’s shop, the old Fall River jail, early farm implements, old school house, log cabin and Indian artifacts.

Greenville Cy Hall Memorial Museum

Located in a beautifully restored warehouse building (circa 1876), the Cy Hall Museum features a timeline of history for Indian Valley. Open Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., May - September.

Lake Oroville Visitors Center & Oroville Dam

California’s second largest reservoir. Oroville Dam is the tallest and nation’s-largest earthen dam. Visitors can climb a 47-foot tower to view the lake and the Sutter Buttes.  

Oroville Chinese Temple Museum Complex

The temple was built in 1863 to support the Chinese community of 10,000 and includes artifacts dating from 1850’s to early 1900’s. Three chapels and a main chapel served as a place for Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism.     

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