Perhaps the greatest education one can receive in Kern’s rich history in one place is on 16 acres at the Kern County Museum and its Pioneer Village on Chester Avenue. Founded in 1941, it opened in the ...

The Kern County Museum is hosting their Safe Halloween event. It’s a time for families to enjoy trick or treating, carnival games, and more. Kern County Museum Executive Director Mike McCoy, says it’s ...

Winners of The Bakersfield Californian's 2026 Best of Readers' Choice Poll were the guests of honor Thursday evening at a grand party at the Kern County Museum's Neon Plaza. "Enjoy being No. 1 for ...

There’s more to history than “book learning.” And that is most evident at the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield. A good museum tells “the stories of the people, places and events in your city, county ...

The West Kern Oil Museum in Taft is preparing to celebrate 50 years of preserving the history of one of California's biggest industries: Oil. According to Don Maxwell, Chairman of the Board for the ...

The ninth annual Bakersfield Marathon, a 26.2-mile course that begins and ends at the Kern County Museum and will take runners past many historic points around town, runs Sunday, just after 7 a.m. The ...

A photo of Merle Haggard from the commemorative plaque outside the Haggard House at the Kern County Museum. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — When I read that the late country ...

Nov. 14—The iconic upside-down fork in the "Milt's" logo made the restaurant's neon sign immediately recognizable to hungry truckers and travelers. Designed by Milt Huggs himself, the late founder and ...