The County Museum administers historic sites throughout the County of San Bernardino.

Please note: As of Sept. 1, 2010 Yorba Slaughter Adobe will be closed to the public for several months while the Army Corps of Engineers completes their project to construct an earthen dike near the site. Please check this website for an update on the re-opening in the spring of 2011.

Upcoming Events

• Victor Valley Musuem
  11873 Apple Valley Rd, Apple Valley CA 92308 • (760) 240-2111
  Admission: $5 adult, $4 senior/military, $2.50 student/child, under 5 and Museum Association members are free.
  • Feb. 11, 2012: 1880s at Work and Play Family Fun Day at the Victor Valley Museum, How did regular people live 130 years ago in our area? Discover the answer as you try some of the work they had to do, plus some of the games and toys they had then. 1880s activities are included with paid Museum admission and will run from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
  • March 3, 2012: Talk, Peering into Darkness: bird migration Southern California, with Museum Director Robert McKernan, 2 p.m.
  • March 11, 2012: Talk, Dinosaurs in our Backyard, with Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott, 2 p.m.
  • March 17, 2012: Family Fun Day, Petroglyphs & Pictographs, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • April 14, 2012: Family Fun Day, Desert Dwellers, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • April 22, 2012: Talk, Fossils Beneath the Casino, with Senior Curator Kathleen Springer, 2 p.m.
  • May 13, 2012: Talk, Mastodons, Mammoths, Moms, with Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott, 2 p.m.
  • May 17, 2012: Talk, Caring for Your Family Clothing Treasures, with Curator of History Michele Nielsen, 1 p.m.

• Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery
  2001 W Agua Mansa Road, Colton CA 92324 • (909) 370-2091
  • Sept. 2, 2011: Interpretive Signage Celebration, with Curator of History Michele Nielsen, 1 p.m.
  • Oct. 28, 2011: Family Remembrance Day, 1 to 3 p.m.
  • Nov. 4, 2011: Talk, How Did You Use That? with Curator of History Michele Nielsen, 1 p.m.

• John Rains House
  8810 Hemlock, Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730 • (909) 989-4970
  • Oct. 16, 2011: Special Occasions Fair, noon to 3 p.m.
  • Feb. 17, 2012: Talk, How Did You Use That? with Curator of History Michele Nielsen, 1 p.m.
  • April 21, 2012: Family Fun Day, History Day, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Yucaipa Adobe
  32183 Kentucky Street, Yucaipa CA 92399 • (909) 795-3485
  • Nov. 5, 2011: Family Fun Day, Adobe Day, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Jan. 27, 2012: Talk, How Did You Use That? with Curator of Michele Nielsen, 1 p.m.

Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery in Colton

This cemetery is the oldest remaining cemetery in San Bernardino County (1855) and contains over 2000 burials, many with grave markers in Spanish. A small museum introduces the visitor to the now vanished 19th century communities that founded this cemetery, special features of this cemetery, and cemetery art.

Asistencia outpost of the Mission San Gabriel in Redlands

This is a 1930s reconstruction of an 1830s ranch outpost of Mission San Gabriel. Buildings include a small museum with site history and a chapel.

John Rains House in Rancho Cucamonga

This National Register site is the restored 1860 ranch residence of John and Maria Merced Rains. It is one of the oldest fired brick structures still standing in San Bernardino County.

Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley

11873 Apple Valley Rd. (reopens March 19, 2011)

Yorba and Slaughter Families Adobe in Chino

This historic adobe home built by Raimundo Yorba in 1852-53 was purchased by Fenton Slaughter in 1868. This National Register site contains both the ranch house with many of the original Slaughter family furnishings and a renovated General Store of the 1890s which also includes agrarian exhibits.

Yucaipa Adobe in Yucaipa

An adobe ranch house constructed in 1858 by mountain man James Waters and purchased by John Dunlap in 1868 contains many 19th century furnishings.

San Bernardino County Museum Historic Sites Bilingual Flyer

For further historic information about the historic sites, please contact Curator of History Michele Nielsen at mnielsen@sbcm.sbcounty.gov