California Route 66 Museum - Victorville, California, USA.
N 34° 32.242 W 117° 17.662
11S E 472988 N 3821780
The Official California State 'Route 66 Museum' Home of the 'Hulaville Collection' The Museum is located in Victorville. Itself in a historic building, a former roadhouse called the 'Red Rooster' made famous by the Movie 'The Jazz Singer'
Waymark Code: WMN3NK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2014
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The museum opened its doors in 1995. The building now in its third incarnation, originally a Route 66 roadhouse called the Red Rooster Café. Scenes of the 1980 movie, "The Jazz Singer" starring Neil Diamond were filmed there. Later it was renamed Les Pyrenees.
The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of artifacts related to the history of Route 66. There are two museums in California dedicated to The National Road. The other is Route 66 'Mother Road Museum' in Barstow.
Two Virtual tours of the area can be viewed on the Museum Web Site: (
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HULAVILLE:
"Hulaville started in the 1950’s, when retired carnival worker Miles Mahan purchased 2 acres of desert alongside route 66 in Hesperia, CA. Miles started making his “Cactus Garden” with the empty wine bottles he noticed cast aside and left behind. Miles put the empty bottles on nails that were driven into fence post. Hulaville actually got its name by a 9 foot metal hula girl sign that Miles found in the rubble of a demolished restaurant. Hulaville became a California land mark in February 1981 as an example of 20th century folk art. Miles passed away in 1997, since then Hulaville has been dismantled and a few artifacts made its way here and the rest has been put in storage.: Text Source: (
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CALIFORNIA ROUTE 66 MUSEUM MISSION STATEMENT:
The California Route 66 Museum is devoted to the representation of U.S. Highway 66 in both historic and contemporary exhibition. The museum intends to continually promote, preserve, and educate the public throughout the world bringing relative weight to the cultural influences; and impacting effects the Mother Road had on architecture, the arts, community development, and commerce; since its induction as a U.S. Highway in 1926.
Museum Hours:
Monday: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Admission:
Admission is free for adults and children. Donations are gratefully accepted,
Address of Icon:
16825 D St,.
Victorville, CA USA
92393-0436