McHenry Museum & Historical Society
Check out your family-friendly Modesto/Stanislaus County cultural history museum. Admission is free! To help the City of Modesto maintain and support the McHenry Museum as a cultural and historical entity including but not limited to: providing docents, conducting activities at the Museum, acquiring items for display, and advising the Museum on the evaluation, procurement, and preservation of items donated;
To help the City support the recognition of the McHenry Museum edifice as an historical landmark of Stanislaus County;
To foster and encourage cultural activities and appreciation of the history of Stanislaus County and its residents;
To encourage the collection and preservation of historical artifacts and archives, including but not limited to: the acquisition or creation, preservation and promotion of the physical, oral and written history of Stanislaus County and its residents.