On Monday August 10th in 1863, The Napa Daily Register published its first issue. One hundred and fifty-nine years later the local paper is still capturing community news and bringing it into people's homes. Stories, events, editorials, advertisements, and sports have filled the printed pages and now digital frames for decades chronicling life in the [...]
AttendPlease join us for the premiere opening of Hilos Visibles/Visible Threads, featuring the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee Quilt Project. Por favor únete a nosotras para la inauguración de Hilos Visibles/Visible Threads con el Comité de Herencia Latina de Napa Valley Proyecto de Edredón. RSVP for this event by clicking the blue button "Get Tickets" [...]
AttendHilos Visibles/Visible Threads looks at the rich Hispanic, Latino, and Californiano heritage within Napa. This exhibit partners with the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee and their community Quilt Project. The quilt squares' rich iconography reflects the importance of faith, ancestors, family, country, and unity in everyday life. Napa County Historical Society and St. Helena Historical [...]
AttendShouting Down the Wind: Napa's Pioneering Women is a look at two centuries of women who have changed Napa's cultural landscape. Pioneering women are fierce and excel in every generation in the Valley. They have stepped up to protect their families and help communities thrive, taken on Hurculean tasks and in a number of cases [...]
AttendNCHS Members and their guests are invited to join us in welcoming our new exhibit, City of Immigrants: An American Story. This exhibit explores the many waves of immigration into the valley over a hundred years, from 1820 to 1920. The waves of immigration over the centuries created a rich tapestry of ethnicities and cultural [...]
AttendOur Fall 2023 Exhibit, A City of Immigrants: An American Story explores the many waves of immigration into the valley over a hundred years, from 1820 to 1920. The waves of immigration over the centuries created a rich tapestry of ethnicities and cultural blending. Every ethnicity has left its stamp on the Valley whether or [...]
AttendTuesday thru Thursday: 10am - 3pm Friday & Saturday: 10am - 5pm Free to the Public Destination Napa: Philosophies of Wellness explores Napa Valley's oldest commercial industry, that builds upon the Valley's bucolic environment and 19th century philosophies of wellness. Resorts quickly sprang up marketing the curative benefits of the hot springs, fresh air, climate, [...]
AttendPlease join us for a Members-Only Exhibit Premiere of our Fall 2024 Exhibit, "The Valley Beautiful: Architecture," on Thursday, October 3rd, in the Exhibit Hall at the Goodman Library, 1219 First Street, Napa. From 7pm to 9pm, NCHS Members can be the first to view this exhibit, produced in association with Napa County Landmarks, Inc., [...]
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