To revisit the past, we can truly appreciate the present and wonder of what the future may bring. The Museum offers numerous lectures, garden & home tours and events that celebrate the region’s agricultural strengths in order to present visitors a true understanding of the …
Come view our Brand new permanent Chuckwagin exhibit in the Parks-Janeway Carriage House! Come stop by the Parks-Janeway Carriage House to celebrate the new installation! The “Queen of the Cattle Trail exhibit, an 1870 chuck wagon, was donated by museum board president Tina Hansen McEnroe, …
Learn about Channing Peake’s work, how ranch life inspired it, and its important tie with local, Santa Ynez Valley history. Including his AQHA Foundation Sire Driftwood and his get Poker Chip Peake.
The Exhibition runs through May 31, 2025
Since it was founded in 1998, everything Return to Freedom (RTF) has done — from offering sanctuary, to educating the public, to conserving rare breeds — has been with one ultimate goal in mind: making sure that the diverse and awe-inspiring communities that exist in nature, from wild horse …
Opening Reception – July 14thGrand Opening & Movie Night – July 15th Joe De Yong (1894-1975) was a preeminent western artist, whose inspirational life story should be shouted from rooftops. But Joe wasn’t like that, preferring to draw attention to others rather than himself. His …
Visitors and locals alike may marvel at some of the gnarled and venerable olive trees throughout the Santa Ynez Valley and wonder at their age and why they were first planted here. The Museum’s Historian, John Copeland, not only knows the heritage of the orchards, but produces various olive oils today on the property he and his wife Shannon own, known as Rancho Olivos.
John and Shannon will host a tasting of their current Rancho Olivos oils as they entertain with stories of valley history, modern olive farming and virgin olive oil production. The Sunday, June 11th pop-up follows the popular Saturday, June 10th Jazz and Olive Festival in Los Olivos.
Where:
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
3596 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynes, CA 93460
When:
Sunday June 11th from 1 – 4pm
History, growing, milling talk and tasting!
Catch a peek of the rich historical buildings of the Santa Ynez Valley. The 2019 third grade class of Los Olivos Elementary School has donated their models of historical landmarks such as Mattei’s Tavern, Sides Merchatile and the Mole Hole to be displayed in the …
Meet Felix Mattei as he speaks to guests of his immigration to California and how he helped to create the landscape of the Santa Ynez Valley experience. This new exhibit and reinstallation of the Mattei’s Sidebar Buggy starts the ongoing story of the Santa Ynez …
Opening Reception April 8th, 4-6 p.m.
The Western saddle was not only a tool of the cowboy and vaquero but a status symbol. A tooled saddle, a new hat and fancy boots with a decorated shaft were important to the hardy cowboys after a long and dusty cattle drive. See the saddles and the cowboys that rode in them, on the range and about town.
The Museum has a number of fascinating and ongoing exhibits that spotlight the various valley community histories as well as the permanent, wheeled vehicle exhibit in the Parks-Janeway Carriage House. Interspersed throughout the year are curated exhibits specific to the valley and it’s people and …