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Today
The current CHS headquarters accommodate the administrative offices, North Baker Research Library, exhibition galleries, and museum store.

[+] About CHS Collaboration with Autry National Center

  • Serving over 3,500 people a year, the North Baker Research Library provides an extensive collection of manuscripts, maps, posters, printed ephemera, books, and pamphlets. Effective July 5, 2007 the Library is open Wednesday though Friday, from noon to 5:00 p.m.

  • The CHS Photography Collection contains over 500,000 images including works by Eadweard Muybridge and Ansel Adams.

  • The CHS Fine Arts Collections encompass roughly 5,000 works of art reflecting all aspects of California History.

  • Over 4,500 dedicated members belong to the Society.

  • CHS keeps an active exhibition schedule, and publishes California History, a quarterly journal.

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