Resource Guide for Sonoma County

• Fort Ross State Historic Park
• Healdsburg Museum
• Jesse Peter Museum
• Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
• Petaluma Historical Library and Museum
• Sonoma State Historic Park

• Museum and Interpretive Center contain exhibits on the Kashaya Pomo Indian settlements, Russian settlers, and the Mexican rancho period
• Rresearch library available to scholars and members of the Fort Ross Interpretive Association
• Location: 19005 Coast Highway One, approximately 1/2 hour north of Jenner
• Visitors Center and Fort Compound open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Admission: $4 per vehicle; seniors $3 per vehicle
• Call (707) 847-3286
• Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=449

• Houses the historical collections donated to the City of Healdsburg
• Impressive range of artifacts related to northern Sonoma County history, such as Pomo Indian basketry, nineteenth century weapons, tools, textiles, and crafts
• Extensive archival library includes some 8,000 original photographs
• Location: 221 Matheson Street in Healdsburg
• Open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. Free guided tours are available for groups by appointment.
• Call (707) 431-3325
• Visit: http://www.healdsburgmuseum.org

• Houses collections of ethnographic art from throughout the Americas and parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific
• Permanent exhibits include Pomo roundhouse model and basketry, Plains and Plateau, Southwest Jewelry, Hopi Pueblo model with Kachina Dolls, and Pueblo pottery
• Location: Bussman Hall on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa
• Open mid-August to mid-May, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on all school holidays and during the summer
• Visit http://www.santarosa.edu/museum/

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

• See what life was like on at a nineteenth-century California rancho
• Location: 3325 Adobe Road in Petaluma
• Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Admission: $10
• Call (707) 762-4871
• Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=474

• Former library now houses exhibits of Petaluma poultry, dairy, and Miwok Indian history from the 1850s
• Location: 20 Fourth Street in Petaluma
• Open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday from 12 noon to 3 p.m., and by appointment
• Call (707) 778-4398
• Visit http://www.petalumamuseum.com/contact.htm

• Mission San Francisco Solano is the northernmost mission in Alta California, the only mission built during the Mexican period, and the last of California's 21 missions, built in 1823.
• The Barracks were constructed by General Vallejo in 1834.
• Within the barracks is a museum with artifacts from the Mexican period in California and a replica of soldiers' quarters
• The Vallejo Home, built in 1851, was General Vallejo's "Yankee-style" home. He had the prefabricated home shipped around the Cape. Guided tours are offered.
• Location: along Spain Street in downtown Sonoma; main office is at 363 3rd Street West
• Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Admission: $1
• Call (707) 938–9560 (Mission), (707) 939-9420 (Barracks), or (707) 938-9559 (Vallejo Home)
• Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=479