Marin History Museum Celebrates the Life of Louise Boyd

  The Marin History Museum celebrates the life of Louise Arner Boyd, heiress and explorer, in a new exhibition at the Boyd Gate House. 

Described by the press at the time of her life as "Arctic Diana" and "The Girl Who Tamed the Arctic," Boyd was ahead of her time.

This new exhibition examines the dual life of Boyd as a woman of privilege, the inheritor of the Bodie Gold Bonanza of 1877, and as an explorer, spearheading seven scientific voyages to the Arctic. 

She was a paradox, yet able to slip from one lifestyle to the other with grace, museum officials say.  Visit the Marin History Museum's Boyd Gate House, originally part of Louise Boyd's estate, and learn the fascinating history of a local legend.

The Louise A. Boyd exhibit is free and open to the public at 1125 B St. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to  4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and the second and third Saturday of each month. Free weekend parking is available at Westamerica Bank and Circle Bank, Fifth and B Street.

The exhibit continues through the end of the year.