



A beautifully converted courthouse showcasing San Mateo County's story through interactive exhibits where you can climb into mud wagons, send telegrams, and drive streetcars. A new natural history gallery featuring a Neoparadoxia repenningi fossil opens summer 2026.
Rare sea mammal fossil
Hands-on history exhibits
Historic courthouse building
Interactive telegraph station
Tips
💰admission is cheap and so is the gift shop
🦴new fossil gallery opens summer 2026
Fossil of sea mammal to be highlighted
Centennial




A beautifully converted courthouse showcasing San Mateo County's story through interactive exhibits where you can climb into mud wagons, send telegrams, and drive streetcars. A new natural history gallery featuring a Neoparadoxia repenningi fossil opens summer 2026.
Rare sea mammal fossil
Hands-on history exhibits
Historic courthouse building
Interactive telegraph station
Tips
💰admission is cheap and so is the gift shop
🦴new fossil gallery opens summer 2026
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