Chumash Indian Museum is a Native American Interpretive Center in northeast Thousand Oaks, California.
It also features a reconstructed tomol (Chumash canoe), mockups of cougars and other wildlife, as well as a diorama depicting life before the Spanish arrived.
Items are routinely on loan from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, including woven bowls, grinding tools, and other artifacts.
It is home to 11 archeological sites clustered along the stream-bed, including ancient pictographs and bedrock mortars utilized for grinding acorns and other foods.
The shaded trail follows groves of old oak trees dating back 200–300 years, as well as mortar holes, the reconstructed Chumash village, and dramatic rock formations.
Weather-carved sandstone formations can be found after passing Bear Flats Oak Grove and crossing over Crystal Spring.
Funding for the gardens was provided by Edison International, Eagle Scouts of Troop 787, and museum volunteers.