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Current Exhibits – The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum & Parks-Janeway Carriage House https://santaynezmuseum.org Recognizing the need to preserve and to celebrate the local history of the Santa Ynez Valley for future generations Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:15:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://santaynezmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-Icon-32x32.png Current Exhibits – The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum & Parks-Janeway Carriage House https://santaynezmuseum.org 32 32 Joe Milazzo – Blessed: The Western Way of Life https://santaynezmuseum.org/joe-milazzo-blessed-the-western-way-of-life/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:12:52 +0000 https://www.santaynezmuseum.org/?p=2428 Art Exhibition & Sale. October 11, 2025 – May 31, 2026
Opening Reception, Saturday, October 11, 2025 · 6:00-8:00pm Get tickets

blessed: the western way of life, artwork by Joe Milazzo
]]> Queen of the Cattle Trail https://santaynezmuseum.org/queen-of-the-cattle-trail/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:40:37 +0000 https://www.santaynezmuseum.org/?p=1868 …]]> 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, who says she and her husband have had this wagon on their Santa Ynez ranch for years.

“My husband and I really wanted to share this with more people and have them discover what the Wild West was all about,” she said.

Named the “Queen of the Cattle Trail” this wagon was used by beef herders out on the range to house supplies.

“So this would be the home where the chuck wagon and the outriders and the person who was the cook would come and they would have their bedrolls and they would cook here, and this was their home away from home,” Hansen McEnroe explained.

The “Queen of the Cattle Trail” will be a permanent museum fixture along with 40 other wagons dating back to 1850.

Many thanks to Board President, Tina McEnroe and her husband Paul for donating the authentic Chuckwagon, and additional gratitude to both the McEnroe’s and members Pat and Ginger Povah for funding the installation.

]]> Tales from Mattei’s Tavern https://santaynezmuseum.org/tales-from-matties-tavern/ Sat, 08 May 2021 00:18:09 +0000 https://www.santaynezmuseum.org/?p=1079 …]]> 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 Valley and the history of agriculture, the people who came and created the Santa Ynez Valley.

]]> Museum Exhibits https://santaynezmuseum.org/current-exhibits/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:30:40 +0000 https://www.santaynezmuseum.org/?p=638 …]]> 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 their contributions. Check the website for upcoming, special exhibits.

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