Washington Township Museum of Local History

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About the Museum of Local History

The Museum of Local History showcases life in the Tri-City area when it was farming and ranching community and then changed to a suburban community. Visitors discover how the families who moved here lived, worked, and established a thriving small-town community.

History

The Mission San Jose Fire District built the museum building in 1954. The local people raised money, bought the property, and erected the building. Volunteer fire fighters manned the department until it was taken over by the City of Fremont. It served as Fire Station #4 until a new facility at Pine Street and Paseo Padre Parkway was built in 1994. At that time, this building was redesigned and leased to Mission Peak Heritage Foundation and The Washington Township Historical Society for use as a museum.

The lease provides for the preservation and protection of the city’s 18, 19, & 20th century heritage for the 21st century. To encourage the interest of the local citizens in Fremont’s history, and to provide a place for students and enthusiasts to visit and conduct research. The building will serve both as a museum and a library for historical books and documents.

After many months of cleaning, inventory, filing and cataloging, the members of the two historical societies began a series of meetings to formally organize a museum structure, with bylaws and a Board of Directors. Once these goals were accomplished the Board of Directors proceeded with plans to create the best little museum in Alameda County.

California Native Garden

Tri-City Ecology Center maintains the native and introduced plant garden at 190 Anza Street on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Interested in helping in the garden? Join us! Have questions? Call 510-623-7907 or email us at info@museumoflocalhistory.org

About the Museum

Research/Collections

  • Washington Township 1955 or before
  • Fremont: The New City 1956 to 1976
  • Fremont: A United Nations City 1977-2006
  • Niles Memories
  • Country Club 50
  • Our Heritage

 

Permanent Exhibits

  • Map of Museum Gallery and Exhibits
  • Washington Township
  • Getting Around / Transportation
  • Boy Paleontologists
  • When I was Growing Up
  • School Days
  • Growing and Raising Food
  • Buying What You Need
  • Mission and Rancho Days
  • Home Sweet Home
  • Movies in Niles
  • Mission Shoe Store
  • Meeting Friends and Having Fun
  • Stepping Out

 

Special Exhibits

Past Exhibits

190 Anza Street
Fremont, CA 94539

(510) 623-7907
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