Victor Valley Museum-A San Bernardino County Museum

Old West Days may be over but we’d still like to see your photos from all of the activities. Share your photos with us in the comments below ! #SBCMOldWestDays #VVMOldWestDays

Do you love working in an educational environment, working with the public? Join our wonderful museum team! We have two part time positions open for Museum Service Workers. Click on the link and search "museum" for the listing. Click here to apply : https://bit.ly/3iy3aZW

Old West Days kicks-off in 2 days starting January 15th! Channel your inner pioneer and get ready for videos and at-home activities highlighting the adventures, history, and stories experienced in the Old West over a 3-day virtual event for the entire family. #SBCMOldWestDays #VVMOldWestDays

Talk about web crawling Arthropolooza: The Ultimate Bugfest will be going digital for 20201! Join us right here to celebrate all things creepy, crawly, sticky, prickly, wiggly, yucky, and kinda cute for our annual celebration of arthropods at the San Bernardino County Museum and Victor Valley Museum-A San Bernardino County Museum virtually, Feb. 13-14, 2021. Buzz on in to watch exclusive educational videos and at-home activities highlighting the fascinating world of insects through games and hands-on art activities. #SBCMArthropolooza #VVMArthropolooza

Thank you for joining us all weekend for Old West Days! We hope that you enjoyed the weekend full of adventures, history, and stories experienced in the Old West with the San Bernardino County Museum and Victor Valley Museum-A San Bernardino County Museum in partnership with the San Bernardino County Museum Association. Wishing you a rootin' tootin' good time for the remainder of your weekend! We would like to thank our sponsors: Toyota of Redlands and Bajwa Group of Companie...s. We would also like to thank our following partners: ChiaCaféCollective Danielle Giudici Wallis Inland Empire Handweavers Guild Inland Empire Resource Conservation District Jamie Morrow and Alexis Cole Malki Museum Mission Inn Museum Mojave National Preserve Old Spanish Trail Association- Agua Mansa Chapter Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District San Bernardino County Regional Parks, Calico Ghost Town San Bernardino County Library Spanish Town Heritage Foundation Southern California Railway Museum The Grove School UCCE San Bernardino County Master Food Preserver Program UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County San Bernardino County 4-H

Your community needs your help! The County of San Bernardino is recruiting for Medical Point of Dispensing (MPOD) sites throughout the County. Help us provide vaccinations throughout the County as we work together for a better tomorrow. Apply here: http://ow.ly/1o6U50D0ZOt... #sbcountytogether See more

Get a taste of the Old West in 3 days! Do you have plans to join us in the Old West Days celebrations yet? If you haven't, fret not! We'll be going live on Friday, January 15th! Have a rootin' tootin' day ahead everyone. #SBCMOldWestDays #VVMOldWestDays

It’s #GivingTuesday! The San Bernardino County Museum Association can use your help! By making a donation now, it will help further their mission which provides funds for engaging programs, exhibits, public programs, admissions discount programs, and advocates for the benefit of the San Bernardino County Museum. Usually at this time of year, SBCM would be welcoming groups of eager students through the doors of the museum every day. This year, your support will help reach ki...ds and families virtually, through innovative and educational programming. If you are able to make a donation, it is greatly appreciated. To do so, please click the link below. www.thesbcma.org

It was wonderful to see all those smiling faces today! Day 2 may be in the books but it's not over! Old West Days Activity Kits can still be picked up at the SBCM location on the below days and times: Jan. 10, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jan. 11-13, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.... Old West Days activity bags are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last at each museum location. Toyota Tundra is the Official Truck of the San Bernardino County Museum's Old West Days. Virtual event is proudly sponsored by Toyota of Redlands and Bajwa Group of Companies. #SBCMOldWestDays #VVMOldWestDays

Round up your herd and head on to the Victor Valley Museum to pickup your Old West Days Activity Kit! We’re open today from 10am-4pm. Look for us outside. Victor Valley Museum... 11873 Apple Valley Road, Apple Valley Jan. 9, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands Jan. 9-10, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jan. 11-13, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Old West Days activity bags are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last at each museum location. Toyota Tundra is the Official Truck of the San Bernardino County Museum's Old West Days. Virtual event is proudly sponsored by Toyota of Redlands and Bajwa Group of Companies. #SBCMOldWestDays #VVMOldWestDays

Did you know that the wild turkeys in #California today are offspring of introduced birds but wild turkeys were native in California during the Ice Ages? Happy #Thanksgiving! Wishing you and yours a happy holiday.

If you received the "Mix a Potion" activity kit, check out the video below to see how easy and fun it can be to do at home . For extra pizzazz, add food coloring to the vinegar before pouring it into your baking soda. Be sure to tune in on Saturday, October 31st all day for our Science Spooktacular main event as we showcase even more partner videos as well as behind the scenes museum tours for a spooky good time!

Who had a spooky good time today picking up their Science Spooktacular activity kits? Please share with us what activity kit you picked up at the museum today! #SBCMScienceSpooktacular... #VVMScienceSpooktacular See more

Thank you to all the brave men and women who have served our country . This #VeteransDay, we salute you.

Reminder! Science Spooktacular activity kits will be ready for drive-thru pick-up starting today Friday, October 23th. Activity kits will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis as we have limited quantities for each location per day. Note: one activity kit per child. Victor Valley Museum-A San Bernardino County Museum... 11873 Apple Valley Road, Apple Valley Oct. 23, 24 and 28 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sponsored by Banner Bank #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

Don't miss a thing for the Science Spooktacular virtual event! Join our group at> https://bit.ly/3iFZjbj #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

Behind the Scenes: Quality Collections Management Care Practices The most common response that I get after I tell someone that I am the History Curator for the ...San Bernardino County Museum is Wow, that’s so interesting! So.what does a curator do? I actually love it when I get this response because it is always a pleasure to share what I do and what my fellow curators do on a daily basis, and it is fun to see and hear people’s reactions. A curator wears many hats, but our primary responsibility is to manage, preserve, and share information about the collections that we oversee. As the History Curator, I oversee the historical objects in our collection, which are made up of a wide array of different items. Objects in our history collections range from as big as the train in our museum courtyard or the cars in our Hall of History. .to objects as small as a thimble or a button. I also have the privilege to manage our art collection and our archival collections, which include photographs, newspapers, journals, daguerreotypes, scrapbooks, and many other priceless treasures. Additionally, I oversee and care for our museum’s historic sites, which are in different cities throughout the county, and I manage the collections housed in those locations as well. One of my primary goals as a history curator is to ensure that we care for and preserve the objects within our history collections so that we can retain the object and its historical importance in order to share this with museum visitors and researchers. These objects and the stories tied to them help us tell our region’s history, which is why it is so important that we have these items and that we care for them. These artifacts tell us where we came from and what life was like decades ago. Caring for these objects, particularly as an accredited museum by the American Alliance of Museums, involves many different steps and procedures such as cataloging new donations, digitizing objects, pest management, prepping objects to go on display, taking condition reports, meticulously and delicately cleaning items, as well as a slew of other things. Museum collections work is boundless, there is always something to do, which is what makes my job so fun and exciting there is never a dull moment! Over time, all objects start to degrade, so it is our job as museum collections staff to slow this degradation as much as possible and protect these items. Preserving objects involves monitoring every aspect of the object’s storage locationfrom the shelf unit it is on, to the box it is in, to the temperature and humidity in the room that it is located. In order to preserve our historical objects as best as we can, we start by using acid-free boxes, tissue paper, and any other packing materials so that they do not include large amounts of bleach, dyes, or other harmful contaminants that could affect the objects and quicken their degradation. We also use metal shelving to limit chemical off-gassing, which is particularly prevalent in shelving that contains things like wood or particle board. Chemical off-gassing affects most historical objects and actually makes them degrade faster. We also have temperature and humidity data loggers throughout all of our storage and exhibit areas so that we can monitor the environment within those spaces. Collection objects have a temperature and humidity range that is optimum for their preservation and longevity, so the data loggers help us inform our facility maintenance staff to make any necessary changes. Additionally, the objects themselves are labeled with museum collections quality labeling material or tags. That way, an object is identifiable and its information can be linked by its accession number (or identification number) to its files and its information in our database. Lastly, we also label our shelving and boxes so that objects have a permanent location that is recorded on our database and within the object’s record to make these objects searchable and easy to find. We use our collections objects in our exhibits and which objects we use at any given time depends on the theme of the exhibit or the story we are trying to tell. Whenever an object goes on display, curatorial staff preps their items, which includes pulling the object from its permanent location, cleaning the object if necessary, noting the object’s condition before, during, and after being on exhibit, using appropriate display materials to exhibit the items, and updating the object’s current location on our database. While on display, museum staff limits damage/deterioration of an object by minimizing light exposure, securing the object behind railings or within a plexiglass display case, and monitoring temperature and humidity within that exhibit space. By securing the object, we can share it with our museum visitors and help tell the fascinating story of our region. Our museum’s collections hold countless stories about our county and I have the privilege of working with these objects on a daily basis. It is so fulfilling to be able to care for these objects and to share them with museum visitors, researchers, and those who follow us on social media. I hope this gives you a glimpse into what museum curators do and the many steps it takes to care for and preserve these wonderful artifacts. I hope that you also got a sneak peek of some of the many treasures that your local museum houses.

Whooo's ready for some spine-tingling science surprises tomorrow? Join us October 31st, for a full all day of action-packed videos for a fun-filled Halloween ! SBCM Science Spooktacular group > https://bit.ly/3iFZjbj... VVM Science Spooktacular group > https://bit.ly/3miPiTW Sponsored by Banner Bank #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

BOO ! We’re baaaaaaaaaaaaack for the Victor Valley Museum-A San Bernardino County Museum’s Science Spooktacular! We have 2 weeks planned with science thrills and spine-tingling adventures filled with Halloween fun for the entire family. #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

The beakers are bubbling again for this Halloween celebration. We’re hoping to deliver haunted holiday high-jinks for the whole family! All the sensationally spooky science happens tomorrow, Monday, October 19th! #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

Beware, dangerous fun ahead in 3 days! Do you have plans to join us in the Science Spooktacular celebrations yet? If you haven't, fret not! We'll be kicking things off starting Monday, October 19th! Have a spooktacular day ahead everybody. Join our group at> https://bit.ly/3iFZjbj #SBCMScienceSpooktacular #VVMScienceSpooktacular

Thank you for joining us for our virtual Great ShakeOut event this week! We hope that you enjoyed it while learning safety preparedness measures along the way! Please join our Great ShakeOut group at > https://bit.ly/3ldxCbJ #DropCoverHoldOn #ShakeOut #SBCShakeOut #SBSafe #Vision4Safety

It's time to DROP! COVER! HOLD ON! #DropCoverHoldOn #ShakeOut #SBCShakeOut #SBSafe #Vision4Safety

Today is the #SBCShakeOut! Join our group (https://bit.ly/3ldxCbJ) for helpful information on how to better prepare yourself and your family from the next damaging earthquake! #DropCoverHoldOn #ShakeOut #SBCShakeOut #SBSafe #Vision4Safety