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Located in downtown Porterville is The Porterville Museum, once the old Southern Pacific passenger depot, houses a variety of Western and Indian historical objects, as well as occasional special and seasonal displays, farm and home articles from the mid-1800's.
Rotating exhibits of special interest can be viewed throughout the year.
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World Ag Expo, held 30 minutes from Porterville in Tulare County, (the #2 Ag County in th world) on the
second week of February is the world's largest annual agricultural exposition, with 2.6 million square
feet of exhibit space, over 1,600 exhibitors, and more than 100,000 attendees.
Porterville's City Parks are great sites for picnics, family outings and community events. The east side's
Murray Park has a duck pond, picnic tables, meandering paths and beautiful landscaping, with the
Municipal Swimming Pool and the
Municipal Golf Course adjacent to the Park.
Veteran's Park, on the west side, has a children's playground, a walking trail and the Porterville Area Vietnam Veterans
Memorial, dedicated to those local servicemen who served and died in the Vietnam Conflict. Other parks have tennis courts and baseball fields.