Welcome to the California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA) website. CERA is a non-profit organization created by and for small museums to provide a broad range of engaging, high quality traveling exhibitions at very affordable fees. While CERA strives to serve small community-based museums, we invite all cultural organizations to participate. Please explore this site to discover the traveling exhibitions and services we provide.

"Mrs. Perrelet. The fliver. Miss Muth." Death Valley Automobile Trip, 1926, The Bancroft Library.

Past Tents: The Way We Camped

The “Past Tents: The Way We Camped” exhibition explores camping in California from post-Gold Rush to the mid-1900s. Early camping was an enterprise of independence, simplicity, and conviviality. It offered a change of pace, splendor of scenery, and an opportunity to be close to nature and escape the trappings of society for a time. Despite the toil and the lack of modern gear, gadgets and groceries, campers eagerly packed their duffel bags with cameras and diaries and took to the hills.

 

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