Celebration at Wells Fargo Mobile Museum

Members of the community are invited to attend a free celebration of two icons that were built in the Bay Area: Wells Fargo and the Golden Gate Bridge.

This year, Wells Fargo reaches its 160th anniversary, while the Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary. In celebration of these milestones, and in order to showcase the rich history of a bank that was founded during the Gold Rush era, and a bridge built during the Great Depression, a traveling museum will take their history to communities throughout the Bay Area. Wells Fargo’s Mobile Museum exhibits feature:

• Banking during the Gold Rush era (gold nuggets, to cash)
• The history of the Golden Gate Bridge
• A virtual Pony Express ride where people can “ride” a horse across a segment of the Pony Express route (mechanical horse and big screen with visual of route)
• The history of stagecoaches in the Old West
• An interactive, hands-on exhibit of a working telegraph
• A Wells Fargo two-person video game
• Free giveaways to visitors

Can't make Thursday's festivities? A second event is planned the next day in Sunnyvale:

FRIDAY, April 13, 2012; 3:00-6:00 PM

1202 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, (Sunnyvale/Lawrence Expressway)

Wells Fargo is a top-level corporate sponsor of year-long Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary activities.

www.goldengatebridge75.org

The tour is intended to share the rich history of Wells Fargo and the Golden Gate Bridge to communities throughout the Bay Area.

The Wells Fargo Mobile Museum is on tour and will make 36 stops over 12 weeks—at Wells Fargo stores, Golden Gate Bridge tribute events, libraries, schools and youth organizations.

The tour will end on May 27th at the Golden Gate Festival in San Francisco.