East Contra Costa Historical Society Museum hosts opening day

BRENTWOOD


DAY AT THE MUSEUM: East Contra Costa Historical Society will hold its annual introduction to the museum it maintains with a smorgasbord of fun as well as relics.


The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 27 at 3890 Sellers Ave., Brentwood.


Admission is free, although donations are appreciated.


Displays include artifacts from the ill-fated Donner Party and Byron Hot Springs when it was a prisoner-of-war camp, as well as paintings of local doctor and cattle rancher John Marsh and a 1920 magician's costume from Brentwood's theater.


A newly restored Dodge fire truck that once served Byron will be there, and visitors are invited to show off their own sets of wheels in the car show.


The public also can tour an 1878 farmhouse and see antique tractors, Model Ts and a caboose.


The museum is open 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and the third Sunday of the month from April through October.


For more information, call Dave or Joyce at 925-679-1024.