If you have trouble playing the video, please click on the "expand screen" icon in the upper right corner, and then click on the arrow to start the video. More videos about the Museum's exhibits and artifacts will be added. We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of the Museum while we are currently closed. Take a Virtual Tour of the El Dorado County Historical Museum with Mary Cory, director and curator. The tour is in two parts, totaling about 23 minutes. Watch the GOLD RUSH, part of the "Touch the Past" series produced by the County Library and the County Museum in 2014. This video is based upon a book of the same name, matching historical photographs with current photographs of the same view, with information about these buildings and sites in Placerville's history. The book Placerville: Then & Now can be purchased ($25 plus sales tax) from the County Museum by emailing us at museum@edcgov.us. |
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