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Giant Forest Museum

About Giant Forest Museum

The Giant Forest Museum is in a historic market building in the Giant Forest sequoia grove at 6,500 feet (1,980 m), about 16 miles north of the Ash Mountain Entrance on Generals Highway. Stop by for information, maps, books, gifts, water, and restrooms. Explore hands-on exhibits about giant sequoia ecology. Open year-round, except during weather, emergency, or operational closures. In the wilderness permit non-quota season, self-issue permits are available in the museum plaza.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

The Giant Forest Museum is a museum, dedicated to the main features of the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, including its giant sequoias, meadows, and also the human history of the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Natural history museumNational Park Service visitor center
Founded
2001
Architect
Gilbert Stanley Underwood

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Photos of Giant Forest Museum

  1. Giant Forest Museum, Tulare County01Tulare CountyDavid Fulmer · CC BY 2.0
  2. Inside Giant Forest Museum02Inside Giant Forest MuseumUnknown photographer · Public domain
  3. Giant Sequoia Outside Visitor's Center at Giant Sequoia National Park03Giant Sequoia Outside Visitor's Center at Giant Sequoia National ParkMartie79 · Public domain
  4. Sequoia National Park - Giant Forest Museum04Sequoia National Park - Giant Forest MuseumDaniel Mayer (mav) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Giant Forest Museum05Giant Forest MuseumThe Angels 2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. United States - California - Sequoia National Park06United States - California - Sequoia National ParkWorld Wide Gifts · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 16 miles of Giant Forest Museum; the closest, Beetle Rock Center, is practically next door.