The museum operates year-round 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The museum displays mining tools, photographs, pioneer household items, and antique mining equipment. Other nearby buildings include the five-story Mohawk Stamp Mill, a blacksmith shop, a bunkhouse, and a miner's home. Once a month during the summer, docents don period costumes to recreate a miner's life in 1890. Established in 1983 by the Feather River Rail Society, the museum preserves general railroad history, equipment, photos, and artifacts.
Visitors can tour an extensive collection of train cars and locomotives.
The museum displays artifacts and pictures of the town during the heyday of the Red River Lumber Company. From 1913 to 1956 it was the largest pine lumber mill in the world. The lookout tower and cab were assembled in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Located only four miles from the small community of Little Valley, the Lookout is at an elevation of 6,037 feet. The Gallatin House was Built in 1913 by Malvena Gallatin.