Yosemite Museum, 9037 Village Drive, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Significance: The Yosemite Museum was the first building constructed as a museum in the National Park system. The Yosemite Museum Association, the first cooperating association for a national park, was formed to raise funds for the building. The partnership between NPS, the American Association of Museums and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation formed to construct this building went on to construct museums in Yellowstone and Grand Canyon. The first NPS field school for nature guides was based at the Yosemite Museum. The museum was one of the first Rustic style buildings designed by Herbert Maier, who went on to become a leading practitioner of an spokesman for the style.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1484
Survey number: HABS CA-2809
Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction