Triggs Reference Room

The museum houses three sections of interest including The Triggs Reference Room, the Jim Nagy Memorial Gallery, and the main exhibit area with a small gift shop. The Triggs Reference room includes local authors as well as national publications with a West County focus.

There are two Arcadia Books with local focus, written by West County Museum Staff. They are titled “Sebastopol’s Gravenstein Apple Industry” and “Sebastopol.”

The reference room also contains histories and newspaper clippings about local families and businesses; a P&SR Railroad history; a collection of Oral Histories on tape and videos which tell personal recollections of early days in West County.

The museum has hard bound editions of the Sebastopol Times and Sonoma West Times newspapers from 1942-2018, donated by Rollie Atkins owner of the Sonoma West Times. Also available is a collection of enlarged City maps dating from 1888 to the 1960’s.

Museum exhibits include a variety of topics which focus on Sebastopol and west Sonoma County history. There are two permanent exhibits in the Jim Nagy Memorial Gallery — Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway History; and Sebastopol’s Story. Past exhibits have explored movies filmed in Sonoma County, World War II Experiences on the Home Front, the Apple Festivals and Fairs, Early Lighting Devices, Pomo Indians, the Hippies, and others.