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HEALDSBURG VACATION RENTALS, CALIFORNIA |
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Sights and Attractions in Healdsburg |
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| Healdsburg features rich cultural opportunities for residents and visitors alike and a Healdsburg lodge or a Healdsburg vacation rental home is just the right excuse to explore the myriad attractions. The natural beauty of the area inspires sculptors, artists, photographers, and artisans. Many fine visual and performing artists make their homes here. These exhibits find a place of honor in many of its art galleries and museums, which serve as sights and attractions of this region. |
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Healdsburg Museum
The Depot Park Museum
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Sonoma State Historic Park
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| Healdsburg Museum |
The Healdsburg Museum, founded in 1976, is located a short walk from the historic plaza in the Old Carnegie Library Building. It features exhibits depicting the history and culture of Sonoma County through its 19th-century clothing, antique firearms, tools, crafts and Pomo Indian basketry. There are more than 8,000 original photographs. Important exhibits change about three times a year. The toy and doll exhibition held during the Christmas is a great center of attraction and delight for the children. The museum, a popular landmark of Healdsburg, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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| The Depot Park Museum |
| The Depot Park Museum is in fact a replica of the original historic Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot that was destroyed by a fire. Opened to the public in the year 1979, the museum has exhibits, which include among others, the Bear Flag Revolt of June 14, 1846, when a group of Americans attacked Sonoma, captured General Mariano Vallejo, hoisted the Bear Flag and declared California a free republic. Later on the flag was replaced by the Stars and Stripes. There are exhibits that represent the Sonoma history from the Miwok Indian period including a kitchen, parlor, bedroom and schoolroom and the original stage curtain from the Union Hall and Hotel in Sonoma. Also found in the museum premises are a books and gifts shop and a library of historical documents, maps, books and thousands of photographs. |
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| Sonoma Valley Museum of Art |
| SYMA or the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, a non-profit and a member supported organization comprised of art lovers, was built to make Sonoma an epicenter of arts in California. The Museum comprises of a 3,000 square foot main gallery and many small galleries. The exhibits include private collections of the artists and also art items borrowed from other museums and resources. The works of art which include paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, architecture, design, print making, films, videos, and crafts represent local, national, and international artists. The Museum also undertakes educational activities through lectures and workshops and encourages the people in general and students and teachers in particular to develop interest in arts and crafts. |
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| Sonoma State Historic Park |
| The Sonoma State Historic Park, known as the site of the northernmost Franciscan Mission in California, is the birthplace of the California State Bear Flag. The park, scattered over several locations, consists of six sites: the Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, the Blue Wing Inn, the Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel, as well as La Casa Grande and Lachryma Montis, the homes of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Military Commander and Director of Colonization of the Northern Frontier. Besides a museum, the park is also home to many shopping and dining places. |
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