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Colton Area Museum and Historical Society - Museum Day

Colton Area Museum and Historical Society - Museum Day The Colton Area Museum is dedicated to promoting public awareness of Colton area history by displaying historic artifacts and with its outreach programs.

The Colton Area Museum and Historical Society is hosting its 4th Annual Museum Day and Museum Fundraising Appeal for 2017. The event will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. IB Music Center is returning with big plans in hosting a full day of live music. IB Music Center is represented by the Ibarra Family - Mauro, Fernando and Victor. Stay tuned for upcoming event anno

uncements about the entertainers, special guests and participants. Also, returning will be our beer and wine garden sponsored by Colton Area Museum and 3-Iron Brewery

Operating as usual

12/26/2021

Merry Christmas🎄🎅

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Thanks everyone for your support during these times!!! ❤

12/09/2018
2018 Colton night Christmas 🎄 parade
12/09/2018

2018 Colton night Christmas 🎄 parade

Colton Christmas 🎄 parade 2018
12/09/2018

Colton Christmas 🎄 parade 2018

12/09/2018
Mike Murphy president of museum ...Eloise Gomes Reyes state assembly member ..and me lol 🙌🙌
11/10/2018

Mike Murphy president of museum ...Eloise Gomes Reyes state assembly member ..and me lol 🙌🙌

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We will be passing out Halloween 🎃 👻 Candy 🍬 candy 🍭 today.... BETWEEN 1-4pm please bring your kids over every ☝️ one ... 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Oooo yeahhhh!!! “”””SHARE THIS EVERYONE “”””

Christina perris........ guest speaker as well one ☝️ of our great Board Member
10/13/2018

Christina perris........ guest speaker as well one ☝️ of our great Board Member

10/13/2018
Awesome guest speaker today!!!!
10/13/2018

Awesome guest speaker today!!!!

Please share post...  thank you 🙏 anyone that  is interested please leave a comment and I will get back to you all ..
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Please share post... thank you 🙏 anyone that is interested please leave a comment and I will get back to you all ..

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Guest speakers for Colton flood
09/08/2018

Guest speakers for Colton flood

Please share everyone thank you 🙏
09/08/2018

Please share everyone thank you 🙏

09/08/2018
Don’t miss our next event coming up 🙌🙌
07/20/2018

Don’t miss our next event coming up 🙌🙌

I’m happy to be a big part in this project reconstruction model come in and see it           CUSTOMFIRE 🔥PLACECREATIONS....
05/22/2018

I’m happy to be a big part in this project reconstruction model come in and see it CUSTOMFIRE 🔥PLACECREATIONS. 🙌

Address

380 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA
92324

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1am - 4pm
Friday 1am - 4pm

Telephone

(909) 824-8814

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We've been more quiet than usual, but we recently won some awards for our work that we'd love for our county community to know about.

The San Bernardino County Museum won four 2020 Achievement Awards in Arts & Culture category from NACo (National Association of Counties), including the prestigious, only-one-in-the-country BEST IN CATEGORY for our submission “Old West Days: Broadening Myths and Legends to Reflect Authentic Histories." The other awarded projects are for "Pulp Culture: Recognizing the Shared Cultural Legacy of an Inland Empire Industry” ; "Innovative Applications of Technology with Public Anthropology Collections” ; "Biodiversity in our Backyard: Engaging Environmental Education through Storytelling.”

We've also recently been named by our local media:

BEST Museum in Redlands Daily Facts and San Bernardino Sun.

BEST Museum in Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

FAVORITE Places for kids to have fun in the Redlands Daily Facts and San Bernardino Sun.

We achieve these accolades with pride and humility, that we are able to maintain a nationally recognized museum that our county residents deserve. Our energetic and creative staff are very grateful to have the support of valuable local nonprofit partners (see tagged below) that have participated in these exhibits and programs, that have led to these awards. Thank you, and happy weekend!
San Bernardino County Regional Parks Old Spanish Trail Association Spanish Town Heritage Foundation Malki Museum Big Bear Valley Historical Society Museum San Bernardino Historical & Pioneer Society Mission Inn Museum Riverside Historical Society Riverside County Regional Parks & Open Space District Gilman Ranch and Wagon Museum Inland Empire Handweavers Guild UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County UCCE San Bernardino County Master Food Preserver Program Redlands Conservancy Black Voice Foundation Inland Empire Resource Conservation District Valley Prospectors of San Bernardino, Inc. Pico Pistolero and the Snake Pit of Scoundrels Colton Area Museum and Historical Society - Museum Day
As part of the state budget process I am proud to announce my office has advocated for, and acquired $900,000 in funding to maintain and upgrade the Colton Area Museum. Colton Area Museum and Historical Society - Museum Day
This is a little known history of Colton written by my great grandfather, Will. F. Sharp. Will migrated to Colton around 1894 from the Northwest Territories as a North West Mountie and a Buckaroo near Fish Creek, Calgary. He came there via England (1890) he married Minnie Ola Robinson June 1, 1899. Managed the Colton Fruit Exchange till it closed in 1938. He then became Mayor of the town from 1940-1944. Just before this time, he wrote this detailed history of Colton. Here it is from an old timer perspective:

My daughter And I have been living here in Colton about a year, and we want to learn all about this beautiful town.
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