The San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum is located at Micke Grove Regional Park, between Lodi, California and Stockton, California. It was established in 1966 through an agreement between the County of San Joaquin and the San Joaquin County Historical Society. The museum has over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of exhibit and work space. Their collections have grown from a few hundred items from the estate of William G. and Julia Harrison Micke to over 75,000 artifacts and over 500,000 documents and photos representative of the development of San Joaquin County. The museum was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1973.
The San Joaquin County Historical Museum hosts over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of exhibit space. Highlight exhibits include:
The San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum operates several programs for students and adults. The pillar of the education department is the Museum Docent Program, where interested adults take a one-year course in local history and education. Upon graduation, docents are expected to work as volunteer educators for various museum programs. The museum docents are organized through the Docent Council, which actively fundraises for the museum.
The museum docents operate several living history programs for elementary school students throughout San Joaquin County. These programs help students learn about everyday life in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and provide context to the state history content that they learn in school. The three primary living history programs are Valley Days, where students learn 19th century skills such as gold panning, blacksmithing, and corn grinding, Pioneer School, where students take a day of class in the Calaveras School House using the official California State Curriculum of 1884, and Farm to Fork, where students simulate the farming industry.
The museum docents actively give tours to visitors. Tours must be scheduled in advance, and can be customized to the interests of visitors. The docents also operate the celebrated Grandmother's/Grandfather's Trunk program, where docents visit schools in pioneer clothing with trunks full of artifacts, which through interpretive explanation can help students learn about 19th century life.
The museum also hosts the archives of San Joaquin County, with over 500,000 documents and photos available to the public for research. Strengths of the archive include:
The museum actively seeks our records, photos, and artifacts concerning the histories of diverse communities across San Joaquin County. A comprehensive catalog of processed records can be found at the Online Archive of California
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