There is no charge to visit the museum.
Books about local history, train memorabilia, T-shirts, and other gift items are for sale.
Cold drinks and snacks are available for purchase.
The Museum is located in the refurbished Colfax Passenger Depot at 99 Railroad Avenue, Colfax, California, where the statue of Schuyler Colfax is standing on the south side of Grass Valley Street at the railroad crossing.
Directions: Take the Colfax off-ramp from I-80 (approximately 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, California). Follow the signs into town. Go to the crossing of the railroad on Grass Valley Street at the center of downtown Historic Colfax (Main Street and Grass Valley Streets).
When are we open?
Our current schedule is shown on the right-hand side of each page on our website in the section “Address, phone, email, and hours.”
Colfax Area Historical Society (CAHS) and Colfax Heritage Museum (CHM) 