If you appreciate local history, you'll enjoy this place. Dedicated group of volunteers maintain the museum, create exhibits and answer questions. Nominal $3 donation to enter..

My husband and I have visited quite a few museums in NorCal and Southern Oregon. This museum is one of the *best*! The woven Native American baskets are incredibly made; there's a detailed history of people and places around Crescent City and the entire county; and one of the most amazing things to see is the original Fresnel lens that came out of the St. George Reef Lighthouse! The lens alone is worth going into the museum, and with a $5/person donation request, it's well worth it. *If you'd like to see the Lighthouse it came out of, on clear days you can see it from Point St. George.

We really enjoyed learning more about Del Norte area. Thank you for hosting this great museum.

Full of history. Nicely done.

One of the more interesting museum's we have been in, on the coast. It is $5 a person to get in. It was informative and diverse.

A Raincoat made from seal intestine! In 100 years the only thing unchanged is Silverware.

So much stuff. Beautiful Native American woven baskets, fresnell lens from lighthouse. Enjoyed the time.

Great place with knowledgeable volunteers. Plenty of displays about Del Norte County and fun souvenirs.

As a Yurok, Karok, & Tolowa native, I was pleased to admire local American Indian baskets, hunting, fishing and daily food instruments as well as the most valued ceremonial Regelia. There is a beautiful collection of older photos of native families in which I recognized my family members who have passed and others I met while living with my great Auntie Minnie.

Very cool stuff in there. Fun family outing.

This is a very nice local history museum. The highlight of our visit was the first order lens from the St Georges reef light house. It can be observed from two different floors, so you get top and bottom closeup views.

It's hard to describe and a true treasure. I could spend a week exploring it. Not a 5 star because there is some very disturbing history presented without much context or awareness. It's a lot and I can only imagine the impact on a person with Asian or Native American or Black identity. The staff were kind and full of stories about the historic shipwreck. I hope they embrace additional curation to bring more transparency and accountability to this truly special collection.

The ladies who were there were very knowledgeable and very nice!! Definitely going back again. So much to read and see. We lived it!!

So much to see, I know we could come back 100 times and see something new everytime. The people running it were so sweet and made my kids feel special.

Excellently laid out. Worth the visit! One of the best museums we've been to.

The couple working there were so informative an friendly. It was an awesome experience. They let us enjoy the whole museum, an when we were done, I had questions. We enjoyed a wonderful conversation about the museum, Crescent City, an where we were from. They were also very sweet to out 10 yr old. Thanks for a wonderful visit.

Local home-town museum. Lots to look at. Probably too much! Some displays are really well-done (especially the fresnel lens). Others are somewhat hodgepodge, but that's typical of a home-town museum. They even use the space in jail cells for display. A few of the displays are not easy to see because you are blocked off, or the display is behind reflective glass or behind jail cell bars. But for the price, this is a pretty nice museum.

the building itself is a historical monument (it was previously a jail), and it’s packed full of interesting artifacts about Crescent City history. this and the North Coast Marine Mammal Rescue Center are worth a visit if you’re passing through town.