MUSEUMS The Placer County Department of Museums provides the following services upon request. • Outreach programs and public speakers for all age groups • Walking tours of Old Auburn and the Griffith Quarry Park • Docent on the Bus Program for tour groups • Special Events and Activities • Special guided tours for children, adults and disabled citizens • Bilingual docents available • For information and reservations: call 530-889-6500 Hwy49 AUBURN MUSEUMS • Bernhard Museum Complex 291 Auburn-Folsom Rd. 530-888-6891 Tours: 530-889-6500 • Gold Country Museum 1273 High St. (In the Gold Country Fairgrounds) 530-887-0690 Tours: 530-889-6500 Park • Joss House Museum and Chinese History Center Corner of Sacramento St. and Brewery Ln. Tours: 530-888-6483 • Placer County Museum 101 Maple St. (In the Placer County Courthouse) 530-889-6500 Hwy49 AUBURN ATTRACTIONS • The oldest continuously operating post office in the U.S. Old Town Auburn • The seven oldest businesses in California • The historic Lincoln Highway • Historic walking tour Old Town Auburn • A larger than life statue of Claude Chana, a Frenchman who first discovered gold in Auburn 1848, created by local dentist Kenneth Fox Old Town Auburn • The Old Town Firehouse Old Town Auburn Hwy49 CLOSE BY • COLFAX - Rustic town originated as a shipping center upon completion of the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860's Little Red Caboose Museum • DONNER LAKE - Emigrant Trail Museum , Donner Memorial State Park, 530-582-7892 Memorial to ill-fated Donner party, snowbound in 1846-47. Nearly half of the 87 people starved or froze to death. Those who escaped starvation, resorted to cannibalism. Museum and monument. • DUTCH FLAT - Golden Drift Museum 32820 Main St. 530-389-2126 Tours: 530-889-6500 Old stage stop and mining town. Buildings dating from 1850's • FORESTHILL - Foresthill Divide Museum 24601 Harrison St. (In LeroyBotts Memorial Park) 530-367-3988 Tours: 530-889-650 Old mining towns in Foresthill, Michigan Bluff, Iowa Hill, Yankee Jims • PENRYN - Griffith Quarry Park and Museum Corner of Taylor and Rock Spring Roads 916-663-1837 Tours: 530-889-6500 • ROSEVILLE - Roseville Telephone Co. Museum, 106 Vernon St, 916-786-1621