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Mariposa Grove Museum

  • Also Known As: Grove Museum
  • Hours: May through September
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Mariposa Grove Museum, a replica of Galen Clark's cabin, offers giant sequoia displays, books, maps, and information. The museum is accessible only by foot or by going on the one-hour tram tour of the Grove. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1930/00/00 US National Park Service Architect Built

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Particulars for Mariposa Grove Museum:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Museum Type Museum
Architectural Category Rustic
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 1st December 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Mariposa Grove Museum
Registry Address: SE of Wawona in Yosemite National Park
Registry Number: 78000381
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Federal
Architect: National Park Service
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Rustic
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Park
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1930
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Museum
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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