SCIENCE SUNDAY with Dr. Walt McKeown The popular series “Science Sunday” continues at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, at the Kelley House Museum. Retired Navy scientist Dr. Walt McKeown will present “Plan B: Colonizing the Moon,” exploring the efforts required for colonization on Earth’s natural satellite. Known locally for years on radio and in print as "Colonel Wingnuts,” Dr. Walt got his Ph.D. in 1993 [...]
Mendocino Coast Doll Club president and Fort Bragg resident Jayne Bush will share her knowledge of collectible dolls at the Kelley House Museum on Sunday, May 6, beginning at 4:00 p.m.. Admission is $5 for Kelley House Museum members and $7 for the public. Josie, from Paris, and Aurora Lee, from Mendocino Two dolls belonging to Daisy Kelley (1859 - 1953), named Aurora Lee [...]
Join us for coffee and our annual Member Meeting! All Kelley House Museum members are invited to attend our annual Member Meeting on Saturday, May 5, at at 9 a.m. in the Escola Room. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and pastry served. Dorothy Bear (seated) and Beth Stebbins (behind) in the Kelley House kitchen with the deed to the property and their renovation [...]
This Saturday, April 14, visitors to the Kelley House Museum can view "Bridging the Gap," a locally produced short film on the building of the Albion River Bridge.
“Up From Below: Dolls, Pipes and Bottles” will showcase items discovered in the Kelley House Pond. There also will be artifacts relevant to our local history that have been recovered from nearby sites, including Little River and Caspar. We could speculate about the doll torsos and which of Mendocino's children might have lost or tossed their dollies into the pond. Did the Kelley Pond serve as [...]
Sneak Peek for Kelley House Members! Up From Below: Dolls, Pipes and Bottles Have you ever wondered what might be lurking in the Kelley House Pond? Here's your chance to experience marvels from the deep -- something no bottle collector will want to miss! Join us at the Kelley House Museum on Thursday, May 3, from 4:30 until 6:00 p.m. for delicious hors d'oeuvres, beer and [...]
You won't want to miss Fannie Farmer’s Flash Fringe Fantasia, April 13, 14 and 15, three days of special exhibits in conjunction with the Mendocino County Almost Fringe Festival. The Pop Up Cookbook Exhibit kicks off the event on Friday the 13th, with century-plus cookbooks from the Kelley House Museum collection, as well as treasured editions on loan from members of the community. And, for contrast, [...]
Back-to-back Blue Moons happen only every 37 years, so put on your dancing shoes and get ready to howl at the Twice in a Blue Moon Dance Party, March 31, at Crown Hall in Mendocino, a benefit fundraiser for the non-profit Kelley House Museum. Dance to the rock, blues and funky boogie music of the Mighty T-Bones, the premier dance band on the Mendocino Coast. A [...]
Sunday Afternoon With Our Emergency Medical Responders February 25 4 - 5 p.m. Mendocino Volunteer Firefighters cliff rescue PHOTO: David Russell Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a first responder on our wild and beautiful Mendocino Coast? Getting the call, being first on the scene? Rappelling down crumbling cliffs to rescue an ab diver? Or mounting a Jet Ski in fifty-degree [...]
Drugs and Disease, Doctors and Dentists The Kelley House Museum opens 2018 with an exhibit on the history of medical practice, doctors, disease and hospitals of the Mendocino Coast circa 1870-1950. Photographs and artifacts, like an early X-ray (then called radiograph) of Augie Heeser's foot, are among the exhibit items. Medicine on the Mendocino Coast: “Say Ahh . . .” opens to the public on Friday, [...]