Gustine Museum Exhibit is the Gustine Museum

 

On display are photos of the original building that served as the Merced County Justice Courthouse and Jail. Later it became headquarters for the Gustine Police Department. Items from the Gustine Police Department are on display. The first exhibit featured the Gustine Motorcycle Club. Some of their display items will be available. Special items in the exhibit will be photos and articles of Elizabeth Bettencourt who spearheaded the movement to turn the former Courthouse and Jail into the Gustine Museum as it is known today. Other memorable items are photos of those who worked hard to establish the museum which opened on July 4, 1990.

 

The Gustine Historical Society wishes to express sincere thanks and appreciation to the community who donated or loaned pictures and other memorabilia for this exhibit.

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The Gustine Museum has photographs and items relating to the early history of Gustine. Displays of mounted wildlife native to the Gustine area are exhibited. There are permanent displays from the Gustine Police Department, the Bald Eagle Mine, the ghost town of Ingomar and the Yokuts Indians.  All memorial plaques are now on display at the Gustine Museum.

Memorabilia, objects include: varieties of barbed wire, various branding irons, cowboy tack and gear and early dairy industry materials.

All exhibits are at the Gustine Museum located at 397 4th Street, Highway 33, Gustine.