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Charles Wright Elementary School students portray historical figures during a living wax museum event at Charles Wright Elementary School in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. … Click to Continue »

Charles Wright Elementary students and parents were treated to a wax museum experience on Wednesday that featured characters such as Susan B. Anthony, the Wright Brothers and King Tut. But … Click to Continue »

After 32 years of holiday decorating at the Merced County Courthouse Museum every December, the historic courthouse has increasingly taken on a woodland feel. “Our annual Christmas tree exhibit has … Click to Continue »

The new exhibit at Merced County Courthouse Museum aims to bring history to life – or rather, to raise it from the dead. The opening night reception of “Ghosts of … Click to Continue »

Retired US. Air Force veteran Scott Phillips feels tied deeply to the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater. It’s where he was baptized, learned to fly airplanes and taught … Click to Continue »

The students researched and portrayed historical figures Pilot Amelia Earhart, Egyptian Pharaoh Cleopatra and nuclear physicist Albert Einstein were just a few … Click to Continue »

The Boeing CH-47D Chinook Helicopter was flown in Iraq and Afghanistan It’s been in use since 1968, getting upgrades when needed It’s new home is the Castle Air Museum … Click to Continue »

The traveling exhibit is up for seven weeks It’s focused on stories that are not told in textbooks Snelling was a hotbed of dredging, a mechanized process to find gold … Click to Continue »

Merced County Courthouse Museum opens the “Good Fever!” exhibit at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Docent Herb Wood talked … Click to Continue »

F-16 Fighting Falcon served in 144th Fighter Wing of California Air National Guard in Fresno Castle Air Museum has waited since 2009 to receive plane from Arizona Restoration could take up to one year … Click to Continue »

An F-16 Fighting Falcon that served with the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard out of Fresno arrived at Castle Air Museum in Atwater on Monday after a journey from Tucson, Ariz. … Click to Continue »

Actors were from Merced and Modesto Proceeds from ticket sales benefit museum … Click to Continue »

Open cockpit day returns Sunday, May 24 to Castle Air Museum in Atwater. There is a new campaign to ‘bring Connie home,’ along with four new aircraft in the collection. Connie is a vintage plane that will be hauled to Atwater from out of state. Open cockpit day is from 9:00 …