RSVP Lawmen and Outlaws | A presentation by Todd Shulman Todd Shulman has worked in law enforcement his entire adult life; he began as a military police person in the US Army, serving during the First Gulf War. Later Shulman became a police officer in California; he recently retired from the Napa Police Department. He [...]
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Among the grassy hills and stone monuments of Tulocay Cemetery lie buried a thousand stories waiting to be told. Click here to RSVP today for the upcoming Zoom video premiere. This October the Napa County Historical Society launches the first phase of a three year project to tell some of these stories through interactive, self-guided [...]
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Napa Valley’s Jewish Heritage | A presentation with Power Point by Donna Mendelsohn RSVP Today on Eventbrite and receive a direct link to the zoom meeting room on the day of the event. As the world “rushed in” to profit from California’s gold strike of 1848, many Jews joined the throngs, not necessarily to mine [...]
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Join us this December (tickets available soon) as we welcome back Alexandria Brown to our virtual event space. Alexandria Brown is a teen services librarian, local historian, and author. She has a BA with honors in Anthropology and Sociology, a Master’s of Library and Information Science, and a Master’s in US History. She writes for [...]
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The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews: A Cold Case that Caught a Serial Killer | A presentation by Ray Guadagni Ray Guadagni, a former Napa Judge, will release his newest book on January 18, 2021. With the success of his self-published memoir in 2016, Adventures of the Squeezebox Kid: a memoir of growing up in [...]
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We have announced our inaugural photography competition, more info on the competition website. Registration opens Monday, February 22 and closes Sunday, March 21 at 11:59PM.
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As we continue the quest of Who Tells Our Story, voices heard and unheard, Lauren Coodley provides a deeper look into Napa County History in her newest book, Lost Napa Valley. Join us on Thursday, February 25th via Zoom from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, for a virtual author’s presentation with an interactive Q&A to [...]
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March's virtual presentation features New Tech High School students who participated in The Tulocay Project, researching and writing vignettes in monologue form from the perspective of historical individuals and families in Napa County under the mentorship of instructor Nancy Hale and Mary Fullerton. The students' scripts will be debuted by professional local actors. The presentations [...]
AttendMembers and their guests are invited to attend an exclusive first look at our newest exhibit, The Presence of the Past, including a virtual tour from exhibit curators. Historic Napa was founded at the advent of photography and thus its development is well-documented. The Presence of the Past chronicles eighteen select landmarks, representing nine different [...]
AttendWe are honored to host Katharine Van Arsdale, author of Angwin and Howell Mountain, the newest book on the Napa Valley in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. Katharine Van Arsdale is the Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Pacific Union College in Angwin, California. Before coming to Napa County, Katharine worked for several [...]
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Napa County Historical Society is honored to present a conversation with this year's keynote speaker, George Altamura, broadcast live from the historic Uptown Theater and moderated by Mayor Scott Sedgley. Reserve a seat at the Uptown or join us live via Zoom. Seats and Zoom slots are limited. Do you have a question for Mr. [...]
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"The habit of repurposing ships and boats dates to ancient times and has been imitated again and again." Join us Thursday, June 17th at 7pm for a virtual presentation with Dr. Sheli O. Smith, focusing on the surprising continued lives of ships and boats, especially in California maritime communities. Purchase a ticket below to reserve [...]
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