Staff and volunteers at a previous Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum Living History Day. Courtesy photo.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lower Lake Historic School Preservation Committee invites the public to its “Living History Day” on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum, 16435 Main St.

Museum staff, dressed in period costume, will be demonstrating Victorian era household items and playing the 1906 player piano.

Toys and games from the early 1900s will be available for the children, along with the viewing of 3-D pictures through a stereoscope.

This month introduces a new segment to the Living History Day, “A Moment in Time,” at 1 p.m. in the Weaver Auditorium.

Museum Curator Linda Lake will read from the letters of Evelyn Hertslet, a young Englishwoman who accompanied her husband to Burns Valley in 1885.

Take a step back in time and learn about local history.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and admission is free.

For information, please call the museum at 707-995-3565.