Monterey County has a rich ancestral history of Ohlone, Salinan, and Esselen tribes. Even after Spanish colonization brought a precipitous decline in their populations, descendants from each of these groups live here today.
Pacific Grove is the site of a recent discovery of artifacts dating back 5300 years. Exhibits provide a glimpse of locally found artifacts and what they tell about life in Monterey thousands of years ago.
The museum's Native Plant Garden will include a Useful Plants area, featuring plants that California Indians used in daily life before the modern era. Come enjoy the ribbon cutting ceremony of this newly updated garden on April 15, 11:30, tea and cake immediately following.
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