Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum

Small, friendly museum with an adjacent library and good WiFi. The museum offers history of al the mines in Groveland area as well as History of Yosemite national park! They have a small viewing room where guests can view the many documentaries available. Taking time to speak with the docents rounds out the experience.

Now «Museum and Library» at the corner of Ferrentti Rd. and Hiwy120 across from a great little market. Library staff is friendly and helpful in a modern building with free WiFi. Wireless service in Groveland is spotty with Verizon and Very limited with AT&T, so free ²⁴⁄₇ WiFi is a big deal. If the library is closed friends are invited to sit on the benches under the covered porch for full internet access. Also computer terminals are available with check-​in.

Great small and FREE museum. We stopped in on Sunday afternoon. I think they are open to 5pm. The woman that showed you around and presented and talked about some of the history of the area and the people that lived here and Yosemite, did an excellent job. wished I had gotten her name to commend her. They have several different types of exhibits from the people to the geography and the minerals and GOLD found in the area since the 49ers showed up, to other things left behind by residents who have passed on … Like an interesting exhibit of NASA related items, who would have guessed. Plus you can see the Ken Burns 25 minute documentary on Yosemite and how the park came about for FREE. But do leave a donation to keep this great small museum going… Can easily go thru it in 30 to 45 minutes without the documentary… Plus there are things of interest to kids in there too… And they sell books and souveneirs… There is a good sized parking lot, a playground outside for the little ones and you can easily walk to shops and restaurants just down the road in the heart of Groveland…

Very cool little museum of local lore, families, history and such. All built through donations and aluminum can recycling from the local population. It really should be a must visit when you are in Groveland. Takes about 45 minutes to walk around and read the details. Volunteer staff is very helpful.