Museums

Napa Valley Museum

"The Napa Valley Museum is dedicated to promoting the cultural and environmental heritage of the Napa Valley. Our special, changing exhibits represent a diverse range of subjects from fine arts to history to natural sciences." Located in Yountville.
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Sharpsteen Museum

The museum, located in Calistoga, presents "the history of the upper Napa Valley from its pre-history to post World War I with an emphasis on people and changes brought by the period of U.S. emigration and development. In addition to its many historical exhibits, the Museum uses unique and extraordinarily extensive dioramas to depict Calistoga during its period as the elegant 1860s Hot Springs resort developed by pioneer, promoter, publisher, entrepreneur, and California's first millionaire, Sam Brannan."
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Silverado Museum

This museum is dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, who honeymooned in the Napa Valley and whose book The Silverado Squatters was based on the two months he spent there. The museum owns over 8,000 Stevenson artifacts--such as manuscript notes, a writing desk, and the lead soldiers he played with as a boy-- which are exhibited on a rotating basis. Located in St. Helena.
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