Baker Museum

Oh My Goodness

This museum is awesome. There is history of the local town, coal mining and shipping, oil field exploration, production and transportation, cattle ranching, geology, fossils and much, much more. The m...

Great Little Museum

Considering the population of our town (I live here), this is a wonderful museum. With all the outbuildings and the historic gas station, the museum takes up a whole city block. It is run by volunte...

Coalinga's Past

Excellent collection of historical Coalinga area, plus many period pieces and old machines. Good collection of fossils and local gems and minerals plus some native American artifacts.

The Past of Coalinga

The displays of articles from the past which is part of the History of Coalinga are great. Done in a way informing visitors of, When, why and who started Coalinga.

Too much wonderful stuff for one visit

One of our main reasons for going to Coalinga was to visit the R.C.Baker museum and we were not disappointed. It is loaded with tons of local and regional history and has a huge selection of period pi...