Bernhard Museum Complex, History museum in Auburn, United States.

The Bernhard Museum Complex is a museum property in Auburn comprising a restored Victorian residence, farm buildings, and a storage barn for carriages. The site contains structures from the nineteenth century arranged to show how a working estate operated during that era.

Traveler's Rest was built in 1851 as a two-storey hotel on Auburn Folsom Road, popular with miners; George Bishop and John Long added a one-storey section in 1856. It became a private residence in 1858 and was sold in 1868 to German immigrant Benjamin Bernhard, who had moved to America in 1846. He built a stone winery in 1874 and a brick wine-processing building in 1881, and the Bernhard family lived on the property for nearly a hundred years.

The site hosts demonstrations of everyday work methods from the era of early settlement, allowing visitors to observe traditional crafts in action. These activities show how people managed daily tasks and trades during the nineteenth century.

The 11-acre site is managed by the Placer County museum system, and the house, stone winery and brick processing building have all been restored. About 3,000 third-graders from the region visit each year for the Living History Program, so school groups can fill the grounds on program days. Costumed docents lead tours of the house.

The property preserves a rare stone winery building from 1874 that displays traditional construction methods and remains a visible example of nineteenth-century craftsmanship. The collection includes original carriages and wagons that allow visitors to see the actual vehicles people used for transportation during that era.