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What a neat little museum. It's located in the Civic Center Mall, and right across from the spiral staircase. Once you come in, it's basically one small room to the side with a display of what a classroom would look like back then with a video playing. From there, you can walk in a circular path. There's interpretive signs and artifacts hung on both walls, and they have other historical displays so you can see what life was like at the time. While you could walk through everything in just 5 minutes, there was so much to read and see- it took me about 45 minutes to finish perusing.
The volunteer docents there were very welcoming. On the way out, there is a cute gift shop to stop by.

Very cute museum. When you come inside, make sure you check in by the front desk to purchase tickets. The exhibits are separated by rooms. There's one with Indian artifacts, one with baseball memorabilia, one with domestic artifacts from the 1900s, and another was an art gallery dedicated to cats. I love how the layout was well designed with authentic touches- such as how the historic stove had food on it, and the baseball area had an old turnstile and fenced in area with more memorabilia behind. Outside, there's a replica of a schoolhouse.
The people working there really made me feel welcome.

Plenty of parking in a shaded garage. There's diagonal spots and a few stories. The lanes for going up and down are well-marked. It does look like it's permit parking only on weekdays, however there were no restrictions on weekends.
There are stairs you can take to get up to your parking area- not sure if I saw any elevators. From the lot, it's a 2 minute walk down the sidewalk to the museum.

This plaza has a Planet Fitness gym, so the parking can get crowded in front of there. Luckily, aside from that one spot where traffic can get concentrated, there's plenty of parking on either side. Also, I like how the businesses in the plaza are spread out. Everything was relatively easy to find.
Nothing much to do though at the plaza, but great for those who live in the apartments nearby to have some conveniences right next to them. :)

It's a small tiny gallery which takes no more than 15 minutes at most to look at (and that's if you are reading all the signs and taking your time to look at each photo). If you breeze through it, it could take 2 minutes to walk through. The size of it was like a small office. They had a few photos and framed paintings (?). Next to some of them, there were plaques with interpretive text. The room also had an encased small sculpture, and at the far end, there were some pieces of glass.
Keep in mind: this is not open to visitors who are checked in through security- you have to actually be in the terminal to see it. Really, it's just a way to pass some time while you wait for your flight.