MUSEUMS.Confederate Air Force Southern California Wing's Aviation Musuem, Camarillo Airport. Information: (805) 483-7575. Features vintage military aircraft. Gull Wings Children's Museum, 418 W. Fourth St., Oxnard. Information: (805) 483-3005. Hands-on experiments in rocks and fossils, bubbles, trains and puppets. The Olivas Adobe, 4200 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura. Docent-led tours from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free. Information: (805) 644-4346 or (805) 658-4728. Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent., the condition of roads in Europe discouraged the use of wheeled vehicles, and travel by land was regularly on horseback. In America until the end of the 18th cent. the traveler often had to make his way on horseback or on foot over a Native American trail. Inn Museum, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks. Hours: 1-4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Information: (805) 498-9441. Features turn-of-the-century buildings and local artifacts. Strathearn Historical Park and Museum, 137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley. Information: (805) 526-6453. Buildings include Simi Valley's first library, the Colony House and The Barn, which features numerous farm implements from the valley's early agriculture days. Union Oil Building and Museum, 1001 E. Main St., Santa Paula. Information: (805) 933-0076. Through Aug. 11, ``Light & Color,'' a hands-on exhibit featuring holograms, lasers and other interactive items. Ventura County Maritime Museum, 2731 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura. Call for hours. Information: (805) 984-6260. Ventura County Museum of History and Art, 100 E. Main St., Ventura. Information: (805) 653-0323. Through Sunday, an exhibit by eight Ventura County photographers. |
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