Cultural Excursion: Exploring the San Bernardino County Museum

Pictures from the San Bernardino County Museum

The anthropology hall featured artifacts from different time periods and cultures. This poster was featured with the collection of various Native American baskets, weapons, and clothing. i thought that it was a nice read. It was written by a member of the Navajo tribe

 The Native Americans really have a way with words.

 Valerie is pictured here trying to steer the vessel.

 This is a wagon that many of the migrants from various parts of the country came to San Bernardino in!

 Colton’s first firetruck......wagon.

 The hall featured many old automobiles, the 56 Bel Air was pretty nice.

 There was an exhibit on the wall that featured work done by local children. I thought that the messages were positive and cleaver.

 Funny.

 The social movement exhibit was very interesting. There was certainly a fair amount of protests in this area during the vietnam era.

 This students were reacting to the killing of the Kent State students.

 Another piece dedicated to the tragedy at Kent State.

 The room had pictures that represented various groups and ideas. This was a poster of the leaders of the Black Panthers.

 It is a cool picture and appropriate for the exhibit.

 This description really summarized what the exhibit was all about.

 Everybody wants to be in Cali....

Valerie and Shawn. Proof that we really were at the museum.

Valerie and I visited the museum on Wednesday, July 13th. We arrived around 11:30a.m. and checked out all of the exhibits that were open. There was a range of content featured at the museum. Upstairs had water and land birds that are native to the area. The best part of the upstairs was the room that contained still frames by a Chicano artist named Garza. These photos encapsulated what it was like growing up in San Jose California when there were agriculture and labor disputes. One of the most interesting photos was of Cesar Chavez speaking at a rally. 

The downstairs featured a hall that contained Native American artifacts and other things that are unique to the San Bernardino area. The social movement exhibit was really cool because it touched on all different types of issues and civil rights movements from the 1960's and 1970's. 

Overall, it was a great experience and especially because I was able to not only learn a few things myself, but also share some of the information with Valerie.