Yolo County Historical Collection
The Yolo County Historical Collection is comprised of 11,000 objects which date from the 1830s to the 1930s. The collection includes textiles, agricultural equipment, paintings, archival materials, ephemera, photographs, archaeological items, tools, ceramics, household items, furniture, and personal items. This collection illustrates what life was like for early Yolo County residents.
Yolo County Historical Collection
512 Gibson Rd
Woodland, CA 95695.
530-908-9421
sarah.bartlett@yolocounty.gov
The Museum is open:
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 12pm-4pm
Curator open hours one Saturday a month: 8am-4pm (6/28 | 7/19 | 8/16 | 9/27 | 10/18 | 11/15 | 12/20)
Open for docent led tours select Saturdays: 1pm & 2pm
Admission is FREE
To schedule a research appointment with the Historical Collection email sarah.bartlett@yolocounty.gov.
Exhibitions
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Give Face 给面子 (Gěimiànzi)
June 26th 2025 – May 16 2026
Opening Reception Thursday, June 26, 5:30pm – 7:00pm.
GIVE FACE 给面子 (Gěimiànzi) is an interdisciplinary exhibition unearthing and regrounding past, present, and future narratives of Chinese diaspora in the Sacramento Valley in the sweeping and ever-expanding story of what we currently call California. Archival objects trace the impact of Chinese Americans on Yolo County through the things they left behind, while contemporary artworks woven throughout the exhibit call our attention to their lived experiences, intimacies, and complexities. Using both documentation and speculation, artist Bz Zhang’s work creates dialog between Western ideas and a Chinese-diasporic cultural inheritance and offers ways to “give face” to (that is, to honor or show due respect for) Chinese ancestors in the US West. The stories of Chinese diaspora in Yolo County and the US West span oceans and continents, and their contributions transcend our infrastructures (from railways to agriculture) into the social and cultural fabric of our nation. Their stories are ours to carry into the shared futures we must build.
Learn More about the Yolo County Historical Collection
- Newsletter – February 2025
- Newsletter – December 2024
- Newsletter – November 2024
- Newsletter – October 2024
- Newsletter – September 2024
- Newsletter – August 2024
- Newsletter – July 2024
- Newsletter – June 2024
- Newsletter – May 2024
- Newsletter – April 2024
- Newsletter – March 2024
- Curator’s Report – March 2022
- Curator’s Report – July 2022
- Curator’s Report – October 2022
- YCHC Strategic Plan
Subscribe to the monthly Historical Collection Newsletter here.
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