History
In downtown Redwood City, the San Mateo County History Museum occupies the former county courthouse, built in 1910 for the San Mateo County Superior Court, making the building itself a central historic artifact. The museum grew from the San Mateo County Historical Association, founded in 1935, and began in 1963 in a classroom at the College of San Mateo before moving to the old courthouse in 1998 and opening there in 1999. Its restored City Beautiful setting, highlighted by a stained-glass dome, frames exhibitions on county history, while its library, archives, collections, programs, publications, preservation work, and operation of Woodside Store and Sánchez Adobe Park make it a broader steward of local history.
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Redwood City, California · United States
