Maidu_Museum_&_Historic_Site

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Archaeological site in California, United States

The Maidu Museum & Historic Site is an interpretive center[1] museum dedicated to public education about the Maidu peoples.

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The museum sits at an ancient site where Nisenan Maidu families lived for 3,000 years. Hundreds of bedrock mortar holes, petroglyphs on sandstone boulders, rock art, and a vast midden area are evidence of thousands of years of residence.[2] The site has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973.

The site is unique in the presentation of Maidu life.[3][4] The museum offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, and special events.

Exhibits

The center contains several permanent exhibits.[5]

See also

California State Indian Museum

References

  1. [1]
    "Maidu Interpretive Center". News10.net. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "City of Roseville, California - History". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Sacramento Press / History Museum Presents "An Indigenous History of Sacramento" Special Lecture - 4/14". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Maidu Museum & Historic Site – Museum Day Venues". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "City of Roseville, California - Exhibits". Retrieved February 8, 2018.

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