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About Glacier Point Trailside Museum

The Glacier Point Trailside Museum was one of the first projects in Yosemite National Park by Herbert Maier in what would become the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at Glacier Point, it was funded by Laura Spelman Rockefeller's estate as a project for the Yosemite Museum. It was the first "trailside museum" in the National Park system and was a prototype for enhanced visitor interpretation services in the parks.

The museum is in reality a small stone shelter with arched openings on the north, east, and west sides. The roof is supported by log timbers.

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Trailside museum
Architect
Herbert Maier

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  1. Glacier Point Trailside Museum, Mariposa County01Mariposa CountyWearsunscreen · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Inside Glacier Point Trailside Museum02Inside Glacier Point Trailside MuseumDaniel Awang · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Glacier Point Trailside Museum03Glacier Point Trailside MuseumWearsunscreen · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. View of Half Dome from Glacier Point Trailside Museum04View of Half Dome from Glacier Point Trailside MuseumJed Brown · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. View from Glacier Point Trailside Museum05View from Glacier Point Trailside MuseumDaniel Awang · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Glacier point06Glacier pointWarren jacobson · CC BY-SA 4.0

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