Chumash Indian Museum, Thousand Oaks

Name: Chumash Indian Museum
Address: Thousand Oaks, United States

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Chumash Indian Museum is a Native American Interpretive Center in northeast Thousand Oaks, California. It is the site of a former Chumash village, known as Sap'wi. It is located in Oakbrook Regional Park, a 432-acre park which is home to a replica of a Chumash village and thousand year-old Chumash pictographs. The pictographs by nearby Birthing Cave are not open to the public, but can be observed on docent-led tours. Chumash people inhabited the village 10,000 years ago. ()

Established: 1994 (30 years ago)Coordinates: 34°12'28"N, 118°48'7"W

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Nearby attractions include: Reagan crypt, China Flat, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Gardens of the World.

3.7 miN
Museum, Library, Specialty museum
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Protected area
China Flat, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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3.5 miSW
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3.4 miSW
Park, Garden
Gardens of the World, Thousand Oaks
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3.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
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Hill
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1.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Simi Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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Park
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3.4 miSW
34°10'28"N • 118°50'46"W
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Golf
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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
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