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Museum Store
The holiday season is officially underway at the San Bernardino County and the Victor Valley Museums, offering cultural and natural heritage gift ideas just in time for the holidays.
Find unique merchandise and gifts that reflect and directly relate to our collections and exhibits.
Proceeds from every purchase support museum programs and operations. They have something for everyone on your shopping list including local history and natural history books, field guides, and children's books. Find the best hands-on learning items for kids of all ages including models, kits, crafts, tools and games.
Shoppers can visit the stores without paying museum admission. Just check-in at the admissions desk.
Museum Association members can enjoy a 10 percent discount on all purchases.
The San Bernardino County Museum Store is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Victor Valley Museum Store is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visit our website at www.sbcounty.gov/museum for more information.
Big Bear Alpine Zoo Gift Shop
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Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift this year? You can “adopt” an animal and support the zoo all in one place. The Big Bear Alpine Zoo gift shop offers the purr-fect gifts for any animal lover.
The gift shop features special animal-related gifts for all ages. The store has a vast variety of items like children’s plush animals, educational toys, unique jewelry and animal carvings.
You can also give the gift of a zoo membership and make great yearlong memories while supporting the zoo and local animal rehabilitation.
Tickets and membership can be purchased online or in person, surprise your family and friends with a unique experience for Christmas!
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo’s gift shop is open for holiday shopping and is included with admission to the zoo.
The zoo gift shop is open every day except Christmas Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The best part is proceeds from ticket sales, memberships, and the gift shop help to fund the care of our animals.
For more information, visit the Big Bear Alpine Zoo website at https://bigbearzoo.org.
Calico Ghost Town
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Aside from being a historical landmark and old mining town from 1881, the shops at Calico Ghost Town offers a wide range of unique gifts and mementos for everyone on your list for the holidays.
Located in Yermo, about 12 miles north of Barstow off Interstate 15, each shop has its own distinct character reminiscent of the old west and representative of the desert region.
From one-of-a-kind handcrafted Navajo jewelry and clothing to local rocks and minerals mined from the hills of Calico, there is something for everyone on your list, even your furry friend.
Calico Shops (click the link for a video of each shop)
While shopping, you can explore an authentic silver mine from the 1880s, with mining exhibits and historical displays and explore the home of Lucy Lane, who was the longest living resident at Calico. Her house is now a museum. The old schoolhouse and saloon are also worth a visit.
Calico was an Old West mining town in 1881 and was abandoned in the mid-1890s after silver lost its value. The town that once gave miners a good living lost its hustle and essentially became a ghost town. Walter Knott purchased Calico in the 1950s, architecturally restoring all but the five original buildings to look as they did in the 1880s. In 1966, Knott donated the town to San Bernardino County, which operates the site though its Regional Parks department.
Today, Calico is visited by people from across the country and from all over the world. Along with its history and attractions, Calico Ghost Town has shops, restaurants and offers camping, hiking and off-roading.
For Ghost Tours, www.calicoattractions.com. For off-road Silver King Mine Tours, call (760) 254-3050. For camping reservations, visit sbcountyparks.com.
Calico Ghost Town is open daily (except Christmas day) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is $8 for adults, $5 for youth (ages 4-11) and children three and under are free. Calico is at 36600 Ghost Town Road, Yermo, CA 92398. For more information about Calico or any Regional Park, visit parks.sbcounty.gov.