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Paso Robles
Hours: Noon - 10pm
Explore local history at the
Paso Robles Pioneer Museum
The Paso Robles Pioneer Mu-
seum is a great place for an
afternoon excursion and to learn
the history of the Paso Robles
area. The 20,000 square feet of
building space shows Paso Robles
through the years, even before it
was Paso Robles, and gives visitors
a glimpse of what life was like in
the good old days. A non-profit
organization, the Paso Robles
Pioneer Museum is funded by
donations and events throughout
the year.
Experience the past
through visual and
written history
Exhibits include everything
from prehistoric artifacts and
glimpses through the settlement
and life in early Paso Robles. Learn
about the area’s Western heritage;
see the
country
store and
post office
displays
and what
the inside
of a pioneer
home
looked like.
Knowl-
edgeable
docents are
on hand
to answer
questions.
There
are antique
buggies,
carriages,
and cars
and a state-
of-the-art
exhibit honoring the famous pianist
and Polish statesman, Ignacy Jan
Paderewski, who came to Paso
Robles in the early 1900s for the
healing baths for his rheumatism.
The actual one-room Geneseo
schoolhouse stands outside the
main museum building, complete
with teacher and student desks.
The schoolhouse was donated by
the family
of Linden
Chandler
in 2004.
Originally
located 11
miles east of
Paso Robles,
the Geneseo
School was
in use until
1962 when
school
buses began
transporting
students be-
tween home
and town.
The
Pioneer
Museum’s
history
of school
exhibit located inside the main mu-
seum building includes pictures and
a short biography of Paso Robles
area locals who have had a school
named after them.