* See below for description of women in the photo collage Finding Our Roots: Women of Petaluma Flourishing & Blooming Over the Years Featuring the impacts of the Petaluma Woman’s Club and the Petaluma Garden [...]

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum is excited to welcome junior historians to join us for family-friendly activities! This interactive exhibit invites kids to help build an archive of Petaluma’s history from kids' perspectives. Calling [...]

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Proudly Presents: The Imaginative World of William Caldwell Did you miss the exhibit?  Here's a curator-narrated video of the exhibit: https://vimeo.com/666405015 [September 11-December 19, 2021 Hours: Saturdays & Sundays [...]

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Proudly Presents: Click on Image Above to Enter the Virtual Exhibit Black and White in Black and White Images of Dignity, Hope and Diversity in America September 26-November 6 [...]

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Proudly Presents: Betty Andresen; A Chicken Rancher's Daughter Takes Flight: A Pictorial Tour. "Born and raised in Petaluma, Betty grew up on a chicken ranch off Liberty road, Betty [...]

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 [...]