Old Timers Museum

Great place to learn local history!

The day I visited someone was playing the Steinway piano, kids were learning how to use a dial phone at the “Discovery Table” and several folks were looking at Joaquin Murietta artifacts. If you want...

Great big- little museum!

I always love taking guests to the Murphy's museum. There's so much to see, every nook and cranny is filled with gold era memorbilla. I t is run by enthusiastic volunteers, so ask questions and dona...

Very interesting and educational

We were in town on a weekday so it was pretty quiet and had the whole area to ourselves. The museum was full of historical information about the colored past and gold rush era information. The museu...

Museum

This museum is very old and you make a donation when you first walk in and they have a person that will tell you about the museum.

Interesting

A fascinating collection of artefacts, mostly to do with the gold rush. Some things have stayed with me - the photograph of the first white woman born in Murphys, who went on to have 11 children... ...