Glacier Point Trailside Museum

The Glacier Point Trailside Museum was one of the first projects in Yosemite National Park by Herbert Maier in what would become the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at Glacier Point, it was funded by Laura Spelman Rockefeller's estate as a project for the Yosemite Museum. It was the first "trailside museum" in the National Park system and was a prototype for enhanced visitor interpretation services in the parks.[2]

Glacier Point Trailside Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	El Portal, California
Coordinates	37°43′50″N 119°34′23″W
Built	1924
Architect	National Park Service
Architectural style	National Park Service Rustic
NRHP reference No.	78000357
Added to NRHP	April 4, 1978[1]

The museum is in reality a small stone shelter with arched openings on the north, east, and west sides. The roof is supported by log timbers.[3]