The E.C. Historical Museum

The Historical Museum offers a highly interactive journey through the whole of the city’s past. Built adjacent to the preserved site of the original Fort Emerald settlement, visitors can relive the experiences of the area’s first nonnative inhabitants through diary entries and period relics. Other exhibits recapture the wild, unruly days of the Gem Rush, with photographs commemorating some of the area’s biggest finds.
There is also an extensive World War II-related collection, recounting the overseas heroism of Emerald’s veterans and the home-front exploits of the Victory Squadron. There is even a captured Japanese “fire balloon” on display. Currently, Museum curator Arthur Pimm is working on an outreach program to Emerald’s Asian community in an effort to more inclusively document the part it has played in the city’s history.

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Museum