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From Mammoths To Model Ts: $25.5M Expansion At Museum Opens In Redwood City
Three new galleries will showcase everything from rare carriages and classic cars to prehistoric creatures and a restored 19th-century home.
REDWOOD CITY, CA — Visitors can explore the Peninsula’s past through prehistoric creatures, historic carriages and classic automobiles when the San Mateo County History Museum opens three new experiences Saturday as part of a $25.5 million campus expansion.
The San Mateo County Historical Association will celebrate the transformation with a free grand-opening event, “History in Motion,” on Saturday at the museum campus. Festivities begin at 10 a.m., with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and the opening of the new venues at 11 a.m.
The largest addition is the 15,000-square-foot Taube Family Carriage House and Automobile Gallery, which will put a collection of Brewster carriages on public display for the first time in more than 40 years. The carriages include vehicles connected to Filoli’s Roth family and the Holbrook-Palmer Estate.
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