The Museum is located at 1333 Butte House Road, Yuba City. Hours are Tuesday through
Friday 9-5, Saturday & Sunday 12-4. The Museum has a number of permanent exhibits
on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County settlers, agriculture, the Sutter Buttes, and
school life. Smaller displays include transportation, women, Lola Montez, local
photographs, the 1955 flood, the stereoscope, a Baldwin player piano and the old
Meridian Bridge. Some special items of interest are the restored Yuba Ball Tractor,
John Sutter's Gun, and Lola Montez's dressing table.
The Exhibits combine artifacts, photographs and interpretive labels that provide a
self-guided tour. Group tours are available Tuesday through Friday by appointment only.
Special Exhibits in the Main Hall change every three to four months. They include
in-house exhibits with a local focus as well as traveling exhibits with a broader
context focusing on California and Western history.
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Portraits From Glass: Faces of Yuba-Sutter
Have you ever thought that you would like to meet someone who lived here 100 years ago? Now, through the
new exhibit Portraits From Glass: Faces of Yuba-Sutter, you can take that step back in time and get
acquainted with over 50 former residents of our local area. The photographic portraits are printed from
glass plate negatives that were stored in the now demolished Odd Fellows’ Building at Third and D Streets
in Marysville. From the 1860s into the 1920s, a series of photography studios occupied part of the second
floor of that stately building. Residents from both Yuba and Sutter Counties, from the most humble to the
cream of society, patronized the photographer there to have their portrait made. Their faces look out at
ours, separated only by the years, and we recognize in them our shared humanity, hopes, dreams and struggles.
Portraits From Glass: Faces of Yuba-Sutter will remain at the Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County
through November 21st. Admission is free. The museum is located at 1333 Butte House Road in Yuba City. Open
hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m.
For more information, call the museum at 822-7141.
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Our Virtual Exhibit web site will take
you on a virtual tour through historic photographs of Sutter County and Marysville.
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