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The Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House campus is comprised of a modern museum facility with core galleries devoted to the art of early California painter Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865-1937); exquisite examples of Pomo Indian basketry; and the history of the pioneering Carpenter family, who settled in the Ukiah area shortly after California statehood. The museum also includes a 1,000 square foot changing exhibit gallery, featuring three special exhibitions per year. The museum’s interpretive agenda is organized around four areas: early California art and history (roughly late 19th to mid 20th century), Native American arts and culture, the natural environment of the Mendocino County region, and contemporary fine arts and the artists of Mendocino County. The campus also includes the historic Sun House — a 1911 Craftsman bungalow that was Grace Hudson’s home and studio for over 25 years, and is now a living museum — and the Wild Gardens, an outdoor education environment focused on native Northern California plants and habitats and the cultural traditions of the Pomo Indians, the original people of the area.