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Redwood City CA: March 6th - "FREE First Friday" at the Museum

Activities for children and adults.

History Museum Continues Its Free First Fridays Program on March 6, 2015

The San Mateo County History Museum continues its “Free First Fridays” program on March 6, 2015.

Not only is admission free the entire day (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), but two programs are planned for the public without any fees.

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At 11:00 a.m., preschool children will be invited to learn about California Indians and grizzly bears. They will make plastic bear claw necklaces for taking home.

Then Museum staff will conduct a special program in its Nature’s Bounty gallery. Here the youngsters will hear the story, Two Bear Cubs.

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At 2 p.m., museum docents will lead tours of the Museum for adults.

The San Mateo County History Museum is located at 2200 Broadway within the 105-year-old “Old Courthouse” in Redwood City. It features exhibits related to the use of natural resources, suburban development, ethnic experience and entrepreneurial achievement on the Peninsula from the times of the Ohlone Indian through today.

The Museum is open every day except Monday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The “Free First Fridays” program is sponsored by the Edmund and Jeannik Littlefield Foundation and the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

For more information contact www.historysmc.org or 650-299-0104.

For more information contact Mitch Postel, mitch@historysmc.org or 650-299-0104.

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