From Open Shed to a Completed Shell
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Thanks to years of community support and fundraising, the shell of the new 3,600-square-foot Livery Building is now complete. That is a major accomplishment, but the building cannot be put to its intended use until the interior improvements and related site work are finished. The next phase includes electrical work and lighting; plumbing and bathrooms; a kitchen and mop room; a mezzanine and stairs; board-and-batten interior walls for historic photographs; heating and cooling with mini-split systems; floor finishes; accessible walkways and railings; and remaining site improvements. The completed space will display utilitarian wagons, carriages and equipment associated with Amador County’s trades, mining and transportation. Space between the exhibits will welcome visitors and provide room for community gatherings. Help us complete the next phase...The October 26, 2026 preliminary budget totals $257,921 for finishing and related site work. It includes allowances that will be refined as work is priced. This is an estimated phase cost, rather than a statement of the remaining fundraising balance. Gifts of every size are welcome. ACHS plans to recognize Livery donors and sponsors on a donor acknowledgment board inside the museum. Contact us to discuss recognition or a larger gift.
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Replace Museum Benches
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The Amador County Museum grounds have long offered places for visitors to sit, families to gather and neighbors to enjoy the gardens and outdoor exhibits. Earlier community support is still visible in the Kiwanis and Rotary medallions set into the museum’s concrete picnic tables. Years of outdoor exposure have taken their toll. Wooden seating has deteriorated, boards have broken or rotted, and some seats are missing. The overall replacement project covers all eight benches and four picnic tables. Both will be replaced together as part of the same project. This fundraising appeal solicits bench sponsorships, supporting the coordinated renewal of the museum’s outdoor seating. (See more info on a Sponsorship on the flyer to the right.) You do not need to sponsor an entire bench to help. Gifts of any amount toward bench sponsorship are welcome, and donors may combine gifts to fund a bench. Picnic-table replacement is included in the overall project and will be completed at the same time; this appeal does not offer a separate picnic-table sponsorship. For a specific bench sponsorship or memorial dedication, contact us to discuss availability and arrangements.
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Amador County Museum's Livery Building Fund
For the past 5-years, the Amador County Historical Society has been raising funds to construct a new Livery Building at the Amador County Museum. The existing building that houses the Museum’s early day wagons and carriages is in poor shape and exposed to the elements, allowing the wagons, carriages and heritage artifacts to deteriorate. The new building will become an exciting new attraction at the museum, housing freight and buckboard wagons, carriages and buggies, blacksmithing tools and other historic equipment. The Historical Society has raised approximately 40% of the funds needed to construct the new building, and all donations are greatly appreciated! Donations can be accepted on-line... look to the top of the right side of this page under "Donate to the Livery Stable Building".
The Society was founded to solicit, acquire, preserve and provide access to a collection of artifacts, historical paper, photos, ephemera and miscellany of Amador County history. Through newsletter, this web-site and other media it has and will encourage citizen support of historical preservation."
The Amador County Historical Society (ACHS) was founded c1944 to gather and preserve the county's rich gold rush history since 1848. ACHS encouraged and persuaded county supervisors to acquire the old Brown family, 2-story home on Court House Hill from family heirs and established the Amador County Museum dedicated on June 18, 1949.
The Society soon headquartered there and began gathering and collecting the historical paper, photos, ephemera and artifacts to preserve and display in the museum. In early years the Society operated the museum, and, when the county hired an on-site curator, ACHS held their meetings in another building on the grounds. Though the county owns both the building and collection, ACHS has always been involved or supportive of the museum and its collection. In June 2013, the ACHS officially took over the operation of the museum and mine model exhibit. With volunteer help, the museum is now open on a regular basis.
The Society in the late 1970s and early 1980s led a campaign to preserve the old county hospital. In 2010 it helped preserve and acquired half interest in the Amador Central Railroad constructed in 1904. ACHS has an office in the cottage on the museum grounds.
