Visit Award Winning Museums in Bakersfield

Anytime you visit (or live) in a town, you should take the time to get to know its history. In Bakersfield’s case, the history is as rich as the oil beneath its surface. There are multiple museums that showcase the city’s rich history.The Buena Vista Museum of Natural History houses original fossils found in the foothills of Bakersfield. Visitors will be awed by the remains of Triceratops and other dinosaurs, rare ancient artifacts from Native Americans, a life size interpretative Yokuts family area, a display of petrified woods, and a hand on discovery zone for kids. Read the rest of this entry »