Hilos 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 [...]
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Retired Napa Superior Court Judge Raymond "Ray" Guadagni joins NCHS for a presentation via Zoom of his newest book, Napa Valley Case Files: Justice in Wine Country. The book provides an expert look at eight murder cases that shook Napa County from 1850 to present day. Mr. Guadagni was raised in Napa, graduated from the University [...]
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Gather at the historic Goodman Library for an evening of entertainment, refreshments, music, and revelry! Once again, the Goodman's exhibit hall will become a magical Halloween scene as we invite our guests to celebrate this inaugural annual fundraising event. NCHS is partnering with our neighbors, Brendel Wines and Mia Carta, to offer an array of [...]
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Don't miss our Spooktacular Tulocay Cemetery Tour, Sunday, October 30th at 4pm. This special Halloween tour diverges from our standard summer walking tours, winding through some of the oldest parts of the cemetery and the storied individuals who helped to shape Napa as we know it... with some added twists along the way. The tour [...]
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Want to get a head start on the holidays, and beat the rush to get tickets? Join us for a Napa County Historical FUNdraiser, Wednesday November 30th, at the Lucky Penny Theater in Napa. We invite you to a private showing of Lucky Penny's "A Napa Valley Christmas Carol," a Napa spin on the Holiday [...]
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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 [...]
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We 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 [...]
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Napa 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 [...]
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Jennifer 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 [...]
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Shouting 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 [...]
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Join 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 [...]
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