We are excited to present this conversation between novelists Debra Green, author of The Convention of Wives, and Kristen Harnisch, author of The Vintner's Daughter series, at Bouchaine Winery. This presentation will be streamed from Bouchaine Winery's cozy hospitality room. This is a must-see event for all fans of historical fiction. Tickets are $10 for NCHS [...]
AttendWe are honored to host John McCormick as he presents his new book in the History Press series, Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community that Built Wine Country, in conversation with Jack Jue, Jr., family historian and author of the blog "Jue Joe Clan History." This guest lecture will be hybrid, held both in-person [...]
AttendNapa County Historical Society, The Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival and Napa Valley College host a conversation with playwright Cris Blak at 7 pm on Thursday, February 16th at the Napa Valley College, Little Theater. Blak is working on a full-length play around the life of entrepreneur Mary Ellen Pleasant, who is often referred to as the Mother [...]
AttendJennifer Huffman of the Napa Register joins us to present her research on Shipyard Acres, culminating her own discoveries with the work of Shirley Fore, including photographs, archives, and personal stories of what it was like to live at Shipyard Acres during the 1940s. Although not much remains of the Shipyard Acres community today, it [...]
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 [...]
AttendJoin us for a very special 75th Anniversary Celebration at our Annual Meeting, Saturday May 13th, 2023. Members and their guests are invited to RSVP to attend in-person at the historic Napa Opera House, or live via Zoom. This is a free event offered once a year on the anniversary of NCHS's founding in May [...]
AttendWalking tours are back for the summer! We start our season with our popular tour of Tulocay Cemetery, featuring over a dozen landmarks around the cemetery and the stories of people who shaped Napa's history, going as far back as the family who helped found the cemetery itself. Wind through this peaceful, historic cemetery with [...]
AttendWalking tours are back for the summer! We start our season with our popular tour of Tulocay Cemetery, featuring over a dozen landmarks around the cemetery and the stories of people who shaped Napa's history, going as far back as the family who helped found the cemetery itself. Wind through this peaceful, historic cemetery with [...]
AttendOur 90-minute walking tours highlight over fifteen local landmarks along First Street, Main Street, and Third Street. We will walk partially along the River Walk and loop around some of the legendary businesses and buildings of historic downtown. Visitors and locals alike are sure to learn something new about the colorful people and places of [...]
AttendOur 90-minute walking tours highlight over fifteen local landmarks along First Street, Main Street, and Third Street. We will walk partially along the River Walk and loop around some of the legendary businesses and buildings of historic downtown. Visitors and locals alike are sure to learn something new about the colorful people and places of [...]
AttendJoin us for our popular walking tour of Tulocay Cemetery, featuring over a dozen landmarks around the cemetery and the stories of people who shaped Napa’s history, going as far back as the family who helped found the cemetery itself, as well as some of the hidden histories beyond the markers and monuments. Wind through [...]
AttendJoin us for our popular walking tour of Tulocay Cemetery, featuring over a dozen landmarks around the cemetery and the stories of people who shaped Napa’s history, going as far back as the family who helped found the cemetery itself, as well as some of the hidden histories beyond the markers and monuments. Wind through [...]
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