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Venues for 8th Annual Heritage Days
2011 Venues
Dana Gray Elementary School • 707-961-2865 • Map/Directions • 1197 Chestnut St., Fort Bragg • Venue for the Rhododendron Show.
Ford House Visitor Center • 707-937-5397 • Map/Directions • 735 Main Street, Mendocino • The Visitor Center for Mendocino Headlands State Park and the Historic District, run by the Mendocino Area Parks Association (MAPA). The Ford House is hosting many of the events during Heritage Days.
Grace Hudson Museum and the Sun House • 707-964-4251 • Map/Directions • 431 S. Main, Ukiah • Since its inauguration in 1986, the Grace Hudson Museum has become an increasingly important cultural and educational resource for Northern California. The Museum's collections consist of more than 30,000 inter-related objects, with significant holdings of Pomo Indian artifacts (particularly basketry) ethnographic field notes, unpublished manuscripts, historic photographs and the world's largest collection of Grace Hudson paintings.
Guest House Museum • 707-964-4251 • Map/Directions •343 N. Main Street, Fort Bragg • the principal museum and caretaker of Fort Bragg's history.
Hillcrest CemeteryMap/Directions • Lansing St (at Palette Dr), Mendocino • Site of Kelley House Moonlit Cemetery Tour on May 21.
Held-Poage Research Library • 707-462-6969 • Map/Directions • 603 W. Perkins Street at Dora, Ukiah • Fort Bragg • Held-Poage Research Library, headquarters for the Mendocino County Historical Society, is a historical home on the the National Register and a top quality archive of local history. It is open Mon-Fri from 1-4pm for tours, with a special tour Friday, May 21st.
Kelley House Museum • 707-937-5791 • Map/Directions • 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino • The Kelley House is the principal museum and caretaker of Mendocino’s history, and it is hosting many of the events during Heritage Days.
Mendocino Coast Botanical GardensMap/Directions • 18220 North Highway One, Fort Bragg • The only public garden in the continental United States fronting directly on the ocean, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens offers everything from colorful displays to thunderous waves.
Mendocino County Museum • 707-459-2736 • Map/Directions • 400 East Commercial St., Willits • Collections that represent the heritage of Mendocino County.
Mendocino Hotel & Garden Suites 707-937-0511Map/Directions • 45080 Main Street, Mendocino • Constructed in 1878 and lovingly restored in 1975, The Mendocino Hotel Ocean & Garden Suites offers luxurious, romantic, Garden Suites and cottages situated on two acres of botanical gardens with fireplaces, private balconies and spectacular ocean or garden views; and Victorian style rooms with access to ocean view balconies. Two award-winning Mendocino restaurants.
Otis Johnson Wilderness ParkMap/Directions • East end of Laurel Street, Fort Bragg • Location for several historic cemetery walks by the Guest House Museum.
Point Arena Lighthouse and Museum • 707-725-4448 • Map/Directions • 45500 Lighthouse Road, Point Arena • The Lighthouse is situated on the closest point of land to the Hawaiian Islands in the Continental United States. The point is surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean which keeps the area cool.
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historical Park • 707-937-6122 • Map/Directions • 13800 Point Cabrillo Drive, Mendocino • The lighthouse at Point Cabrillo Light Station has an original Third Order Fresnel lens that continues to operate 24 hours a day as an active Federal Aid to Navigation.
Ridgewood Ranch • 707-459-5992 • Map/Directions • 16200 N. Highway 101, Willits (7.5 mi south)
Rose Memorial ParkMap/Directions • East off N. Franklin on Spruce St., Fort Bragg
Veterans Memorial Building • 707-964-2020 • Map/Directions • 360 N. Harrison (across from the Library), Fort Bragg

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