What is the Heritage Trail?

The Heritage Trail is a summer-long road trip through history where 22 museums throughout Placer County open their doors admission free for one special day.  To make it easier to see all the history our county has to offer, only small geographic clusters of museums will have their "Heritage Trail Day" on a given Saturday throughout the summer (see schedule in post below).  The event kicks off in Auburn with the Bernhard Museum, Benton-Welty Schoolroom and the Gold Rush Museum on June 16th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 

Most museums will have special activities for the whole family to enjoy.  Keep checking this blog for our 2018 Trail Guide which should be posted in the next couple weeks.

Pick up a Get-Up-And-Go card at any participating museum and get it stamped at each museum you visit.  Once you have eight stamps, you can turn it in for a drawing for one of three Gift Baskets!

This year we'll once again have a student Scavenger Hunt!  You can pick up the Scavenger Hunts at any participating museum or download from the Placer County Museums homepage.  Each Scavenger Hunt will have ten questions, but students only need to answer seven.  Once they have seven answered, they can turn it it for a drawing to win a Samsung Galaxy tablet, a Kindle Fire or one of three backpacks filled with school supplies.

Heritage Trail 2018

Heritage Trail 2018 is coming!  Here are the dates for our clusters of museums:


June 16th 
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Bernhard Museum (Auburn)
Benton Welty School Room (Auburn)
The Gold Rush Museum (Auburn)


June 23rd 
8:00 am - Noon
Griffith Quarry Museum (Penryn)

10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Rocklin History Museum (Rocklin)


June 30th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Gatekeepers Museum (Tahoe City)
Watson Cabin (Tahoe City)


July 7th
8:00 am - Noon
Fruitvale School (Lincoln)

10:00 am - Noon
Sierra College Natural History Museum (Rocklin)


July 14th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Placer County Museum (Auburn)
Gold Country Medical History Museum (Auburn)
Auburn Chinese Joss House (Auburn)


July 21st
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Lincoln Area Archives Museum (Lincoln)

10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The Wheatland History Museum (Wheatland)


July 28th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Colfax Area History Museum (Colfax)
Golden Drift Museum (Dutch Flat)
Donner Summit Historical Society Museum (Norden)


August 4th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Roseville Historical Society Carnegie Museum (Roseville)
Roseville Telephone Museum (Roseville)
Maidu Museum & Historic Site (Roseville)


August 11th & 12th
9:30 am
Donner Summit History Hike
Meet at the Donner Ski Ranch parking lot.

August 31st
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
DeWitt History Museum (Auburn)


September 1st & 2nd
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Forest Hill Divide Museum (Foresthill)


Keep checking back as some details may change until we publish our Trail Guide.