Heritage Council of Santa Clara County Give Yourself a Present - Discover the Past October, 2002 was History Month! Participating members held a series of special events to celebrate History Month. Events were scheduled within a particular region of Santa Clara County each weekend to provide for convenient attendance. Times and dates given below are for History Month observations. Check the 2003 Calendar for this year's event!

Saturday, October 5

Gilroy Museum: Discover the life and times of early Gilroy aviator Robert Fowler, the first man to complete a transcontinental flight.
10 am - 2 pm

Morgan Hill Historical Society & Museum: Special display and photos of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of Japanese-American soldiers of WWII.
10 am - 4 pm

Wings of History Air Museum: All day festival. Free airplane rides for kids 8 to 17. Enjoy displays of vintage aircraft including an exact replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Also engines & memorabilia. Breakfast and lunch - 8 am to 3 pm.
11 am - 4 pm

Sunday, October 6

Wings of History Air Museum: Enjoy displays of vintage aircraft including an exact replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Also engines & memorabilia
11 am - 4 pm

Saturday, October 12

deSaisset Museum: Join us for a lecture and book signing: Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846
3 pm

History San Jose: Visit the re-opening of the exhibit Valley of Heart's Delight: From Orchards to Suburbs in Silicon Valley
Noon - 4 pm

Japanese-American Museum of San Jose: Come see what life was like for Japanese-Americans in the Santa Clara Valley over the past 100 years
Call for hours: (408) 294-3138

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: Workshops: 1:30 pm - Necessary Luxuries: Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics, Perfumes and Incense
3 pm Learn to Read Hieroglyphics

South Bay Historical Railroad Society:
Call for hours: (408) 243-3969.

Sunday, October 13

deSaisset Museum: Visit our exhibit California History highlighting Native American artifacts and Mission period objects.
11 am - 4 pm

History San Jose: Visit the re-opening of the exhibit Valley of Heart's Delight: From Orchards to Suburbs in Silicon Valley
Noon - 4 pm

Japanese-American Museum of San Jose: Come see what life was like for Japanese-Americans in the Santa Clara Valley over the past 100 years
Call for hours: (408) 294-3138

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: 1:00 pm - Tour of new funerary gallery, featuing mummies
and other funerary items.  3 pm - 75th anniversay celebration of Rosicrucian Park.

South Bay Historical Railroad Society:
Call for hours: (408) 243-3969.

Saturday, October 19

Cupertino Historical Museum: Visit the exhibit Education in Cupertino, 1860 - 1960: The Perfection of Potentiality
10 am - 4 pm, Weds - Sat

Los Altos History Museum: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the city's incorporation with a special exhibit and vintage car display.
Noon - 4 pm

Sunday, October 20

Museum of American Heritage (MOAH): MOAH From the Garage: Sale of antique items, many duplicates from MOAH collection.
Exhibit: Toys, Trains and Treasures
9 am - 1 pm

Palo Alto HIstorical Association (PAHA): Walking tour of Roth Building, possibly the future home of the Palo Alto History Museum. Birge Clark architecture, Victor Arnautoff murals. Learn about plans for surrounding SOFA area. Drawing for Palo Alto Centennial History book.
Meet at Roth Building patio, 300 Homer Avenue (near Museum of American Heritage).
9 am - 1 pm

Rengstorff House: A variety of children's games and activities from the 1880s.
11 am - 5 pm

Sunnyvale Historical Society: Exhibit: Artifacts Seldom Seen
1 pm - 5 pm

Saturday, October 26

Ainsley House: Step back in time to visit an elegant 1925 Tudor Revival historical house museum
Noon - 4 pm

Campbell Historical Museum: Explore exhibits on the histories of canneries in the Santa Clara Valley. Enjoy the "please touch" displays.
Noon - 4 pm

Museums of Los Gatos:
Call for hours: 408-395-7375

Saratoga Historical Foundation & Museum:
Call for hours

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