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Stay Cool while you visit the Antelope Valley Rural Museum today, see the map in the earlier post or go on our website. We will be open until at least noon possibly until till 2:00 if we have enough visitors.
WE ARE STILL OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION![]()
**However, the construction has changed access directions to the museum.**![]()
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New directions and new maps have been published on our website avmuseum.org/contact - also here with this post. ![]()
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We are open on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays each month (some holiday exclusions may apply). To get to the museum, enter Gate #6 from Avenue G-8 on the north side of the Fairgrounds. Proceed south past the 2 large barns on your right all the way to the temporary construction fence and turn right toward the dirt parking area. Then walk to the museum entrance. ![]()
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For anyone reading this at a later date, this applies to current construction : July 2025; please check our website for up-to-date information avmuseum.org/contact. Thank you!
The AV Rural Museum is open Saturday, July 19th from 10am to 2pm. Enter Gate 6 and proceed north to parking near the museum. LOCAL HISTORY EXHIBITS FROM ARROWHEADS TO AEROSPACE! FREE PARKING - FREE ENTRANCE!
🚜 Summer Update - Museum now open. Please see link below for Hours and Access Information. (temporary change to Gate #6 entry) - mailchi.mp/37c98de41ff3/update2025-06
Very nice turnout of family and friends for the David Pickus Celebration of Life yesterday in our Board Room. David was one of our Founders, Board Members and most importantly our friend. RIP David,you are going to be missed for sure. Thanks to the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds for stepping up and making sure we had a generator for electricity as well as a safe path to enter the museum around the new construction which surrounds us.
🥞6th Annual AV Rural Museum Flapjack Fundraiser![]()
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Saturday, March 1st from 8-10am ![]()
Lancaster Applebee's![]()
43545 10th Street West![]()
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$12 preorder or $15 at the door![]()
Breakfast includes pancakes, syrup, butter, scrambled eggs, sausage, orange juice, and coffee. ![]()
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/ / / TICKET PREORDER PAYMENT OPTIONS:![]()
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• Click this link to preorder by (PayPal or credit card):![]()
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9VA48JJWNA6QQ![]()
• Purchase tickets from any AVRM Board Member![]()
• On our website through general donations: avmuseum.org/donations![]()
*Be sure to write "Flapjack Fundraiser" with your name in the comments box.![]()
• Email avmuseum@verizon.net![]()
• Text 661-478-4841 ![]()
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Tickets will be held at the door. See you there!![]()
Thank you from your Museum Board
The AV Rural Museum ![]()
Is temporarily CLOSED ![]()
due to nearby construction ![]()
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to John Knapp for being named the AV Rural Museum 2024 Volunteer of the Year. John has donated many hours restoring a 1931 Model AA Ford 1 ton truck and keeping our Rock Olla jukebox playing.
CONGRATULATIONS to longtime AVRM member Steve Sterk and Renee Marchiano on their recent marriage. They were pronounced husband and wife at 10:22am on Monday, October 14th, exactly 77 years after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in history. U.S. Representative Mike Garcia officiated over the wedding which took place in the Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center Museum with the X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” plane hanging from the rafters above the guests. A beautiful setting for a terrific couple.
CONGRATULATIONS To LYNN DUPRATT ! Our Recording Secretary and museum volunteer was inducted into the AV High School Hall of Fame tonight. She is recognized for her Community Service, in part for her unselfish gift of time to the AVRM. ![]()
Thanks for your service to the Antelope Valley and congratulations.
Come in to a really COOL place. TheMuseum will be open tomorrow, Saturday, August 31st. 10am to 2pm. Enter the Fairgrounds through Gate #3 from Avenue H.
The AVRM is proud to feature local Air Force Veteran, Local history buff, and terrific lecturer, BOB ALVIS this coming Thursday. Enter the Fairgrounds from Avenue H through Gate # 3 and follow signs for museum parking. RSVP's are appreciated by TEXT to 661-478-4841 or by EMAIL to: avmuseum@verizon.net. Admission and Parking are free.
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📣INVITATION: Speaker Series | JUNE 20 Transition to ZERO-EMISSION Rail Transportation Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell Presented by Gordon V. Jefferson - mailchi.mp/08a07ef76744/speakerseries2024-06
We are proud of our Curator, Dayle DeBry. Yesterday the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Dayle with their Community Service Award. Congratulations Dayle.
We are proud to open our museum on the FIRST FRIDAY each month for our veterans, active duty service members, and thier families as Jeff Collins and his non-profit SOLDIERS' ANGELS put together an event furnishing coffee and pastries donated by DIGNITY MEMORIAL & about 30 delicious RAISING CANE'S CHICKEN FINGERS lunches donated by BRISTOL HOSICE. If you want more information or to reserve a lunch, contact Jeff Collins by email at 2honorourveterans@gmail.com.
"Mike the Music Man", Michael Leon, played several lively tunes for the visiting veterans last Friday. The first Friday of each month the AVRM opens as Jeff Collins and his charity provides lunch for about 30 veterans, active duty service members, and their families.
This is Norma Gurba's final story published in the Antelope Valley Press' AV Living - April edition. * Norma passed away on March 10.
📣INVITATION: Speaker Series | MARCH 21 Mary Kaye Godde Stamets, author of “Desert Almond Farmer: The Story of a California Homesteader and His Family - mailchi.mp/1897f0fc52e6/speakerseries2024-03-21
📣INVITATION: Speaker Series | Spy Pilot, Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy - mailchi.mp/a9e4ae06080b/speakerseries2024-03-17
📣INVITATION: Speaker Series | Camels in the Antelope Valley presented by Steve Sterk - mailchi.mp/67eeea1dc584/speakerseries2024-01
CAMELS ? IN THE AV?![]()
Join the AV Rural Antelope Valley Rural Museum as our Speaker Series continues with a special presentation from Steve Sterk.![]()
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024![]()
Time: Museum open from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm![]()
Presentation begins at 7:00 pm![]()
RSVPs appreciated. By text to 661-478-4841![]()
or email: avmuseum@verizon.net![]()
Address & Directions: The Antelope Valley Rural Museum is located on the AV Fairgrounds. 2551 West Avenue H. Lancaster, CA. 93536![]()
Enter Gate #3 and proceed through eh gate to the Museum.![]()
Admission is free.
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