The County Museum administers historic sites throughout the County of San Bernardino.

Please note: As of Sept. 1, 2010 Yorba Slaughter Adobe will be closed to the public for several months while the Army Corps of Engineers completes their project to construct an earthen dike near the site. Please check this website for an update on the re-opening in the spring of 2011.

Upcoming Events

• Sept. 17, 2010: Discovery Day with Michele Nielsen, at the Yucaipa Adobe, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 1, 2010: Yucaipa Women's Club reception at the Yucaipa Adobe, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 9, 2010: Lecture, Bird Migration in Southern California by Robert McKernan, at the Victor Valley Museum, 2 p.m.
• Oct. 15, 2010: Discovery Day with Michele Nielsen, at the Asistencia, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 19, 2010: Lecture, The Great California Shakeout by Kathleen Springer, at the Victor Valley Museum, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 22, 2010: Palm of Your Hand with Michele Nielsen, at the Victor Valley Museum, 1 p.m.
• Jan. 14, 2011: Step Back in Time with Michele Nielsen, at the Victor Valley Museum, 1 p.m.
• Jan. 28, 2011: Discovery Day with Michele Nielsen, at the Agua Mansa Cemetery, 1 p.m.
• Feb. 12, 2011: Lecture, Darwin and Design by Eric Scott, at the Victor Valley Museum, 2 p.m.
• Feb. 25, 2011: Discovery Day with Michele Nielsen, at the Rains House, 1 p.m.
• Feb. 26, 2011: History Day, Family fun at the Rains House, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Mar. 5, 2011: Lecture, Birds of the Salton Sea by Robert McKernan, at the Victor Valley Museum, 2 p.m.
• May 8, 2011: Lecture, Waters of Life: the Mojave River in the Ice Ages by Eric Scott, at the Victor Valley Museum, 2 p.m.
• May 21, 2011: Adobe Day, family fun at the Yucaipa Adobe, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery in Colton

This cemetery is the oldest remaining cemetery in San Bernardino County (1855) and contains over 2000 burials, many with grave markers in Spanish. A small museum introduces the visitor to the now vanished 19th century communities that founded this cemetery, special features of this cemetery, and cemetery art.

Asistencia outpost of the Mission San Gabriel in Redlands

This is a 1930s reconstruction of an 1830s ranch outpost of Mission San Gabriel. Buildings include a small museum with site history and a chapel.

John Rains House in Rancho Cucamonga

This National Register site is the restored 1860 ranch residence of John and Maria Merced Rains. It is one of the oldest fired brick structures still standing in San Bernardino County.

Stone Hotel in Daggett

Closed for renovation, this structure served traveling railroad and mining personnel during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley

11873 Apple Valley Rd. (reopens September 2010)

Yorba and Slaughter Families Adobe in Chino

This historic adobe home built by Raimundo Yorba in 1852-53 was purchased by Fenton Slaughter in 1868. This National Register site contains both the ranch house with many of the original Slaughter family furnishings and a renovated General Store of the 1890s which also includes agrarian exhibits.

Yucaipa Adobe in Yucaipa

An adobe ranch house constructed in 1858 by mountain man James Waters and purchased by John Dunlap in 1868 contains many 19th century furnishings.

San Bernardino County Museum Historic Sites Bilingual Flyer

For further historic information about the historic sites, please contact Curator of History Michele Nielsen at mnielsen@sbcm.sbcounty.gov