Created and produced by the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum with Petalumans Of Yesteryear Members and Spot Producer, Clint Gilbert The Petaluma downtown walking tours began more than 25 years ago when our downtown was put [...]

To honor black history month in 2021, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development (PBCD) is Celebrating Family with a portrait exhibit featuring over 70 diverse Petaluma families, who share what “family” means to them. You can [...]

Photo Credits:  Center bottom Petaluma suffragist is Abigail Goodwin Haskell, photo courtesy of Ann Nisson.  From top center clockwise: Barnabus Haskell, photo courtesy of Ann Nisson; Freeman Parker, photo courtesy of Bancroft Library; Alma Parker Hynes Walls, photo courtesy [...]

*Exhibit Image:Headquarters for Colored Women Voters,attributed as Georgia, ca. 1920 Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library In honor of Black History Month, and in celebration [...]

The Threads That Connect Us A vintage & antique quilt show January 4 – 26, 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 4, 4:00 - 5:30 pm Over 20 antique and vintage quilts Antique quilting machines and [...]

Take a Virtual Tour  of our Past Exhibit: Joseph C. Wayne: The Artist's Eye Behind the Lens Special thanks to our Sponsor for this Virtual Exhibit Imaging, Wayne Dunbar at Aftertec: On display starting July [...]

Scott Hess Photographs & Clo at the Mooseum The Petaluma Museum Association is proud to present a Dual Exhibit celebrating two of our 2019 Butter & Egg Honorees: Parade Marshall Clo the Cow, celebrating 50 [...]

In honor of Black History Month, and in celebration of the 41st Annual Black History Program, The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum and Petaluma Blacks for Community Development are pleased to present "The Great Black [...]

Dates: October 6 through December 23, 2018 About: An exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, curated by Paula Freund. This exhibit will tell the story of the founding [...]

Dates: June through September 2018 About: An exhibit of vintage wedding dresses from the Petaluma Museum’s exquisite and extensive textile collection. Included in the I Do collection are more than two dozen vintage wedding gowns, [...]