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The Corning Museum preserves and exhibits artifacts that represent the cultural heritage of Corning and Tehama County specifically and Northern California in general. Displays at the museum include German and Japanese mounted machine guns, articles of period clothing, tools, pictures and other items dating back to the early days of Corning. There are also many historical items from the Hotel Maywood.

Location: Corning California 96021 Telephone 530-824-5935

Other History nearby:
(Oroville) Butte County Pioneer Museum
(Chester) Chester-Lake Almanor Museum
(Chico) Chico Museum
(Oroville) Chinese Temple
(Corning) Corning Museum
(Oroville) Ehmann Home


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