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Kern County Museum and Lori Brock Children's Discovery Center
Kern County Museum and Lori Brock Children's Discovery Center Review
This 16-acre site is one of the Central Valley's top museum complexes. The indoor-outdoor Kern County Museum is an open-air, walk-through historic village with more than 55 restored or re-created buildings dating from the 1860s to the 1940s. "Black Gold: The Oil Experience," a permanent exhibit, shows how oil is created, discovered, extracted, and transformed for various uses. The Lori Brock Children's Discovery Center, for ages eight and younger, has hands-on displays and an indoor playground.
- Address: 3801 Chester Ave., at 38th St., Bakersfield, CA, 93301 | Map It
- Phone: 661/868-8400
- Cost: $10
- Hours: Tue.--Sat. 9--5, Sun. 12--5
- Website: www.kcmuseum.org
- Location: Bakersfield
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