Humboldt County Museums

Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park
One X St.
Eureka 95501
(707) 444-3437
www.blueoxmill.com
Self-guided tour of Victorian era woodworking shop, skid camp and farm including two blue oxen; classes in woodworking, blacksmithing and ceramics.

Clarke Historical Museum
240 E St.
Eureka 95501
(707) 443-1947
www.clarkemuseum.org
Permanent and rotating collections of Humboldt County history, including Native American baskets and artifacts.

Discovery Museum
501 Third St.
Eureka 95501
(707) 443-9694
www.discovery-museum.org
Hands-on children’s museum with art, science, ocean, and health exhibits. Please call for events available for children’s parties.

Ferndale Museum
Shaw & Third Sts.
Ferndale 95536
(707) 786-4466
www.ferndale-museum.org
Displays Victorian life with typical living settings, dairy and agricultural equipment, blacksmith area, antique machine shop items, local photos and an operating seismograph.

Fort Humboldt State
Historic Park & Logging Trail
3431 Fort Ave.
Eureka 95503
(707) 445-6567
www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=665
Attractions include original buildings, historic garden, Native American artifacts and self-guided trail chronicling redwood logging and life of Fort Humboldt.

Fortuna Depot Museum
3 Park St.
Fortuna 95540
(707) 725-7645
www.sunnyfortuna.com/museum
Located in the Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot used from 1893-1965, the museum features local history and railroad memorabilia.

Kinetic Sculpture Museum
580 Main St.
Ferndale 95536
Features past entries in the Arcata-to-Ferndale Kinetic Sculpture Race.

Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum
Across the bridge from Eureka in Samoa
8 Samoa Rd.
Eureka (next to the Samoa Cookhouse)
(707) 444-9440
www.humboldtbaymaritimemuseum.com
Nautical items, ship models, ship building tools, artifacts related to shipwrecks and lighthouses, and information on the bay ferries.

HSU Natural History Museum
1315 G St.
Arcata 95521
(707) 826-4479
www.humboldt.edu/natmus/
Museum is available for school visits, not open to the public. Interactive exhibits, fossils and displays on local animals, insects, marine life and birds.

Morris Graves Museum of Art
636 F St.
Eureka 95501
(707) 442-0278
www.humboldtarts.org
Former Carnegie Library is home to the Humboldt Arts Council, six galleries and a sculpture garden. Also offered are HAC’s Performing Arts Series, Arts Alive! receptions and performances (first Saturday every month).

Trinidad Museum
400 Janis Court
Trinidad 95570
(707) 677-3883
www.trinidadmuseum.org
Features photos of the whaling and logging history of the area, a native plant garden, marine shells and Yurok artifacts.

Willow Creek-China Flat Museum
Hwys 299 and 96
Willow Creek 95573
(530) 629-2653
www.bigfootcountry.net
Features logging, mining and farming history of the region, Native American information, and a Big Foot display area.