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was willed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Worth a browse, the bookshop
sells nostalgic toys and household goods.
Museum of Monterey
MUSEUM
adult/child under 13yr $8/free, free 1st Wed of each month; 10am-7pm Tue-Sat & noon-5pm Sun
late-May-early Sep, 10am-5pm Wed-Sat & noon-5pm Sun early Sep-late-May; )
Near the waterfront, this voluminous modern exhibition hall illuminates Monterey's salty
past, from early Spanish explorers to the roller-coaster-like rise and fall of the local
sardine industry that brought Cannery Row to life in the mid-20th century. Highlights in-
clude a ship-in-a-bottle collection and the historic Fresnel lens from Point Sur's lighthouse.
Monterey Museum of Art
MUSEUM
(MMA;
www.montereyart.org
; adult/child 18yr & under $10/free; 11am-5pm Thu-Mon)
particularly strong in California contemporary art and modern landscape painters and pho-
tographers, including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Temporary exhibits fill
MMA La
whose humble adobe origins are exquisitely concealed. You can visit both locations on the
same admission ticket.
Royal Presidio Chapel & Heritage Center Museum
CHURCH
donation; 10am-noon Wed, to 3pm Fri, to 2pm Sat, 1-3pm Sun, also 10am-12pm & 1.15-3.15pm 2nd
& 4th Mon of each month)
Built of sandstone in 1794, this graceful chapel is California's oldest continuously func-
tioning church and first stone building. The original 1770 mission church stood here be-
fore being moved to Carmel. As Monterey expanded under Mexican rule in the 1820s,
older buildings were gradually destroyed, leaving behind this National Historic Landmark
as the strongest reminder of the defeated Spanish colonial presence.
Presidio of Monterey Museum
MUSEUM
