Belongings: What We Bring, What We Leave Behind is a community storytelling exhibition exploring migration, memory, and belonging through the meaningful objects people carry across generations. Featuring the voices of immigrants, refugees, migrants, adoptees, and others who have journeyed to new homes, the exhibition invites participants to share treasured belongings and the stories they hold—of family, resilience, loss, hope, and identity. Through objects, photographs, audio, video, and personal narratives, Belongings reveals migration as an enduring human experience that has shaped Petaluma and communities around the world. More than an exhibition, it is an invitation to listen, connect, and discover the shared humanity that binds us across cultures, generations, and time.

For more information on upcoming events and to make a donation please also visit our sister site: Sonoma County Belongings

Belongings: What We Bring, What We Leave Behind is made possible through the generous support of California Humanities through its Connecting California grant program. We are also deeply grateful to our community partners and sponsors, including the North Bay Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition, Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League, Petaluma Arts Center, Life on Art, Zimbabwe Cultural Exchange Project of California, El Día de los Muertos Petaluma, Bolca Avia, Chelsea Antiques, Café Puente, Rustic Bakery, Quality Inn Petaluma, and all of the organizations, volunteers, artists, and community members whose collaboration has brought this exhibition to life.