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SPParks BOARD WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT

The SPParks Board of Directors is proud to announce that it has elected two new members in May, 2023, and chosen a new President of the Board. Anne Cox, our […]

McCormick Lecture: CHINESE IN WINE COUNTRY

Author and 5th generation Napa Valley native John McCormick spoke to a packed house in the Mission Chapel, sharing his research on the overlooked contributions of Chinese immigrants in Napa […]

Docent Organization Quarterly Meeting June 10, 2023

Next Docent Quarterly Meeting SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2023 10:00 AM Barracks A/V room

Children’s Day at the Barracks

On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sonoma State Historic Park hosted our first Children’s Day event since the pandemic. On a glorious spring day, over 400 people visited the Sonoma Barracks […]

Beebe & Senkewicz Books Available in the Barracks Gift Shop

If you missed the recent lecture by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz, you can purchase their recently published books in the Barracks Gift Shop.  The store in the […]

BARRACKS STORE NOW OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK!

Beginning March 1st, 2023, the Park Store in the Barracks is open every day, from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm. Since the reopening after the 2020 Covid closure, the store […]

Private Group Tours Now Available

Sonoma Petaluma Parks (SPParks) now offers private group tours of Mission San Francisco Solano and General Vallejo’s Home (also known as Lachryma Montis). Both of these are part of Sonoma […]

We Are Still Here: Exhibition of Pomo Art and Culture

The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) is presenting an exhibition of Pomo artists and their cultural landscape, from January 21st through April 30th, 2023. The exhibit showcases stories of […]

Lecture presented by Lee Panich

“Native Californians and the Collapse of Bay Area Missions”, the first lecture in the 2023 SPParks lecture series, presented by Lee Panich in January, was a fascinating look at the […]

Holidays on the Northern Frontier

At long last, after two years of delays and restrictions caused by the Covid19 pandemic, the traditional Holiday celebration returned to the Sonoma State Historic Park on December 10, 2022. […]