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Our mission is to inspire and empower Californians to make the past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives.
The current CHS headquarters accommodate the administrative offices, North
Baker Research Library, exhibition galleries, and museum store.
[+] About CHS
Collaboration with Autry National Center
- Serving
over 3,500 people a year, the North Baker Research Library provides
an extensive collection of manuscripts, maps, posters, printed ephemera,
books, and pamphlets. The Library is open
Wednesday through Friday, from noon to 5:00 p.m.
- The CHS Photography Collection contains over 500,000
images including works by Eadweard Muybridge and Ansel Adams.
- The
CHS Fine Arts Collections encompass roughly 5,000 works
of art reflecting all aspects of California History.
- Over
4,500 dedicated members belong to the Society.
- CHS keeps an active
exhibition and program schedule, and publishes California
History, a quarterly journal.
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