{{Short description|History museum in Vacaville, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = Vacaville Museum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|38.3563001|-121.99374060000002|display=inline}}<!-- {{Coord}} --> | former_name = | established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = 213 Buck Avenue, Vacaville, CA 95688 | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | public_transit = [[Vacaville City Coach]] | parking = | network = | website = {{URL|www.vacavillemuseum.org}}<!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | embedded = }}
The '''Vacaville Museum''' is a local history [[museum]] located on Buck Avenue in [[Vacaville, California]].
==History== Construction of the Vacaville Museum began in 1981 after Eva Buck, the wife of [[Frank H. Buck]], donated money and land for the museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ychs.org/specifics/BuckEstate.pdf|title=History of the Buck Estate and Foundation|publisher=Yolo County Historical Society|accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bowen2004">{{cite book|author=Jerry Bowen|title=Vacaville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmXZdi24LREC&pg=PA125|year=2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-2884-7|page=125}}</ref> It opened in 1984 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://studylib.net/doc/10323157/as-vacaville-museum-ap--retrospective-exhibition-of-our-f...|title=Vacaville Museum: Pressing News|year=2009|publisher=Vacaville Museum|accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, public art project We Know Jack raised {{usd}}90,000 for the museum by auctioning 24 fibreglass rabbits.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thereporter.com/2015/06/22/vacaville-we-know-jack-action-raises-more-than-90000-for-museum/|title= Vacaville 'We Know Jack' action raises more than $90,000 for museum|work=[[The Reporter (Vacaville)|The Reporter]]|date=June 25, 2015|accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.vacavillemuseum.org/}}
[[Category:Museums in Solano County, California]] [[Category:1984 establishments in California]] [[Category:Vacaville, California]]