Gibson is Lake County's youngest museum -- open noon to 4 pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
In January 2017, Gibson Museum joined the Lake County Museums system, along with the Historic Courthouse Museum in Lakeport and the Historic Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake. Gibson first opened May 3, 2014.
The Gibson Museum & Cultural Center is located in the small building that from May 1930 until early April 2013 was the Middletown Library. A corps of volunteers initiated the movement to create a museum dedicated the heritage the southern portion of Lake County, California. Support for the many talented and creative residents — past, present and future — of this area was likewise a part of the vision.
The Gibson Museum & Cultural Center is located in the small building that from May 1930 until early April 2013 was the Middletown Library. A corps of volunteers initiated the movement to create a museum dedicated the heritage the southern portion of Lake County, California. Support for the many talented and creative residents — past, present and future — of this area was likewise a part of the vision.
Portions of the Neuman Fence, a longstanding landmark in Middletown, was returned to its hometown by the Lake County Historical Society. The fence had been donated by heirs of its craftsman Ed Neuman, and was at the Society's Ely State Stop & Country Museum in Kelseyville. Two winsome ore cars, donated by Calpine Corp., are poised to replicate their duties several score years ago at Socrates Mine.
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Gibson Museum
& Cultural Center [email protected] Gibson Museum P. O. Box 31 Middletown, CA 95461 707-809-8009 Voris Brumfield, 295-7174 Nina Bouska, 890-5605 Articles published on this website are drawn from a variety of sources, largely the History of Mendocino and Lake County, Historical and Descriptive Sketchbook of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino, the works of Henry Mauldin, the writings of the Rev. James Haggerty, Lake and Napa county records, the U.S. Census and Voter Registrations, and family histories as available. |
Gibson Museum volunteers have reorganized as the Friends of Gibson Museum. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm in the Gibson building, at 21267 Calistoga Street (Highway 29), directly across the street from the spacious new Middletown Library and the Middletown Senior Center.
Formal dedication ceremonies were held for Middletown's new Community Center April 12, 2013. The Activities Center is directly in front of the central main entrance. The Senior Center is housed in the section on the left, the Library on the right.
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