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• Frank Maynard, CSA
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Current Museum Events

Gold Nugget Days

2008 Gold Nugget Queen Kaitlyn Smith
and escort Jordon Spencer

Gold Nugget Days is the biggest annual event on the Paradise Ridge. It commemorates the finding of a 54-pound gold nugget on the Paradise Ridge in April 1859. The first Gold Nugget Days was celebrated in April 1959, the 100th anniversary of the great discovery. Held every year since then, the celebration was taken over the Gold Nugget Days Committee in 1969—incorporated as Gold Nugget Days, Inc., in 1973, with the intention using celebration profits to found the Gold Nugget Museum.

2008 First place winners in Gold Nugget Days decorating
Contest Butte Community Bank North Branch

Gold Nugget Days are on the last full weekend in April each year and include an ever-changing menu of events, along with abiding favorites such as the the parade, Queen Contest, Donkey Derby, barbecue and more. See the Gold Nugget Days page for all the details.

PARADISE POW WOW 2008

The 7th annual Paradise Pow Wow  will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 23-24 at the Gold Nugget Museum.  Native American Drum, Song and Dance highlight this event as well as basket weavers, local Native Artisans, beadwork, raffles and food booths.  
Profits from the Pow Wow go to the Katie Marie Prosser Memorial Scholarship Fund established for local Native American students pursuing a career in the medical field at Butte College.
No smoking, alcohol, drugs or pets are allowed at this event.
Hours are noon to 5:00 pm

Haunted Forest and Pumpkin Land

Years of youngsters and their parents have made the Haunted Forest and Pumpkin Land on the Museum grounds a Halloween tradition. Each year, it’s new and different. The Haunted Forest on the far side of the creek is where brave youngsters (and quite a few grownups) negotiate a dark path around, down and through the trees, coming face to face with ghouls and goblins and creepy characters.

Those who would just as soon skip the scary part are greeted by Mother Goose and a Pathway of lighted jack-o-lanterns in Pumpkin Land. Youngsters have chats with Mother Goose characters such as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Little Bo Peep, the Queen of Hearts and Old king Cole.

Entry to the Haunted Forest is $3.00; Pumpkin Land is $1.00. All visitors end up in a mini-Mardi Gras to collect their treats, both fun and tasty.

Holiday Open House

Volunteers decorate the Museum for the holidays each year—magnificently! And during the holiday season the community is invited to a Sunday Open House to enjoy the decorations, music and refreshments. Each year, Santa drops in for a photo op with the children (at $5.00 a shot).