Discover fun activities, video demonstrations, educational resources, and more!  

Activities for Kids

Oly the String Doll (PDF) - Color your very own paper doll based on the handmade string doll from our collection named Oly. View our Oly Collection Spotlight to take a closer look at Oly and to learn more about where he came from.  

Botany: Leaf Drawing Activity Guide (PDF) - Use this activity guide to recreate ascience project from our archives. To take a closer look at the original science project by James McNamee from 1915. 

Old-Fashioned Penmanship Activity Guide (PDF) - Get hands on with history and follow along with our old-fashioned Penmanship lesson!

Then & Now: School Objects (PDF) - Learn about the past through photographs and objects from our collection. 

Then & Now: School Photos (PDF) - Learn about the past through photographs and objects from our collection. 

Museum I Spy (PDF) - Exploration guide for self-guided groups and families.

Woven Worlds Activity (PDF) - Exhibit exploration questions, puzzles, games, and activities.

What Became of the Little Red School House

Discover early Mendocino County schools by reading excerpts from this series created by the Mendocino County Genealogical Society and the Mendocino county Museum. We encourage you to use our Research request form for additional questions. The purpose of this publication is to provide information on early Mendocino County Schools and make it available for public use.  

Volume 3 Willits - Laytonville: Brookside School (PDF), Shimmons Ridge School (PDF)

Volume 4 Round Valley - Potter Valley: Elsie Allen Remembers (PDF), Round Valley Agency School (PDF)

Volume 5 Anderson Valley - Point Arena: Cuffey's Cove School District (PDF), Fish Rock School District (PDF)

Volume 6 Ukiah - Hopland - Redwood Valley: Hopland School District (PDF), Redwood Valley School District (PDF), Ukiah Union Elementary School District (PDF) 

Other Online Resources

Pomo Basket Weaver:  Corine Pearce on PBS Craft America -  Educational Video on Basket Weaving and Free Education Guides Purpose and Planning: Connecting Basket Making to Contemporary Needs and Resources.

California State Library Research Guide to Mendocino County History - This guide features digitized resources, general research tips, specific resources in the California State Library Catalog, On-Site Resources in Mendocino County.