Tulare Historical Museum

Tulare Historical Museum, 444 W. Tulare Ave., displays artifacts, photographs, dioramas and replicas of rooms and small businesses that reveal the colorful history of the town, from Yokuts Indians to the present. The Military History Wing houses the Heritage Room Art Gallery, the Manuel Toledo Military Collection and memorabilia of Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. who graduated from high school here, and of Olympians Bob Mathias, a native son, and Sim Iness. The Tom Hennion Archives Center also is on-site.