“Preserving the past is the mission of the Coachella Valley History Museum. The facility showcases more than 100 years of desert history, and a visit to the six-acre campus in Indio feels like stepping back in time.
A collection of buildings, gardens and exhibit spaces replicate early life in the valley—before air conditioning or widespread refrigeration. A 1926 adobe home, a schoolhouse from 1909 and an authentic blacksmith’s shop are just some of the highlights.
The world’s only Date History Museum is here; you can learn how to propagate a date palm tree and hear how the museum won an award from an Arab sheikh. Or peek inside the Desert Submarine—a place engineered to allow sweltering farm workers could cool off. At the CVHM, it’s a challenge to take it all in; stepping back in time here takes time…”
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