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January 5, 2026
Julia Cronin
Slot Machine

It may be small, but this slot machine has a big story to tell. Learn how a once-illegal gambling device made its way into Turtle Bay’s Collection and what it reveals about the history of slot machines and gambling.

Slot Machine
June 3, 2025
Amanda Kramp
Artifact of the Month - Orient & Flume Bowl

Read about this beautiful glass bowl, crafted by Orient & Flume artisans in Chico, California

Artifact of the Month - Orient & Flume Bowl
Seth McGaha
March 16, 2017
Animals

My Life with Animals: Feisty Felines

Seth McGaha
March 16, 2017
Animals
My Life with Animals: Feisty Felines

As bobcat kittens grow up, they practice life skills with their litter mates and of course, mom. Whisper, our bobcat, didn’t have any litter mates with whom to practice so it all fell to her surrogate moms, Adrienne and me.

Turtle Bay
March 9, 2017
Education

Turtles Teach: Springtime Science

Turtle Bay
March 9, 2017
Education
Turtles Teach: Springtime Science

The weather is warming up, the sun is starting to shine (sometimes) and flowers are starting to bloom! All of this makes a wonderful combination to do some science! In this project we’re going to create rainbow flowers.

Seth McGaha
March 2, 2017
Community

From The Vault: Water, Water Everywhere

Seth McGaha
March 2, 2017
Community
From The Vault: Water, Water Everywhere

Here at Turtle Bay, we are perfectly poised to watch the Sacramento River as it rises and falls with each controlled change in the release level and with every rainstorm. The plaza under the Sundial Bridge is underwater, but that has happened a few times since it was completed in 2004.

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