Yosemite Village & Ansel Adams Gallery
Yosemite Village
The service hub of the valley, with a visitor center, Yosemite Museum, Ansel Adams Gallery, shops, and restaurants.
The visitor center provides road, trail, and weather information and hands out maps. Its exhibits explain how the valley was formed by glaciers, and it shows an introductory film. Next door, the Yosemite Museum displays Native basketry, and behind it is a reconstructed Ahwahneechee village. The Ansel Adams Gallery sells his black-and-white photographs and reprints and organizes photography hikes. The village has a supermarket, post office, and fast-food restaurant, and it is the main transfer hub for the free shuttle buses.
Opening hours
Visitor center about 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Nearby sights
- Yosemite Falls
- The Ahwahnee
- Glacier Point
- Sentinel Dome
- Mirror Lake
- Taft Point
- Horsetail Fall (Firefall)
- Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls