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 Updated: 4/22/2024 
The Muir Experience Museum
Stockton, California
Description

The museum is located in the William Knox Holt Library on the University of the Pacific, Stockton campus. It is in the Library on the main floor. It is called the Muir Experience and is mainly digital, though the archives have many of John Muir's original papers.

The University of the Pacific curates and shares the largest collection of Muir's writings in the world. This is an excellent place to read from his essays, journals, and correspondence to decide for yourself the meaning of his words. Here is a selection of his work with some interpretation. His entire collection is available for research on-site or online.

Artifact Collections

It contains most of John Muir's personal library, his papers, and other documents relating to his life.

Research Collections

James Eastman Shone Collection, Muiriana Collection, John Muir and William Trout Correspondence, John Muir and Ina Coolbrith Correspondence, Holway R. Jones Sierra Club papers, William Frederic Bade Collection, Adrian F. Sylvester Papers on the John Muir Memorial Park, Wisconsin, Mary Louise Brown Collection of Muirana, Marie Brown Emparan Papers, Harriet Nicewonger Papers, Shirley Sargent Papers.

Programs

It has the ability for researching John Muir's life and accomplishments while he was alive.

Facilities

Library setting.

Street Address
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95204
Mailing Address
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95204
phone: 209-946-2949
e-mail: ggoldberg@pacific.edu
home page: www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/muirexperience
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Hours of Operation
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And by Appointment.

Monday - Friday10 AM - 4 PM

Closed on Weekends.

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Archaeology
Culture
History
Library
Nature Centers
Science
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