Welcome to February!

It's going to be a busy month with a great speaker on "Excavating the Castroville Mammoths," Valentine's Day, and the opening of a new temporary exhibit. We hope you can make it to the museum this month to see all that's happening.

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February General Meeting

Monday, February 9, 7:30PM

Our February General Meeting will be held next Monday, February 9th at the museum starting at 7:30PM. We have an outstanding speaker—Mark Hylkema. Mark has more than 34 years experience teaching California archaeology and Native American culture.

The topic of the evening will be Excavating the Castroville Mammoths. In 2011, Ice Age fossils were discovered in a Castroville artichoke field. Archeologists from around the world have been working on the dig which Mark has been directing, and they have found bones, teeth, and even Mammoth hair!

Mark has directed excavations throughout the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas and teaches Anthropology at Foothill College. Come prepared to be entertained by Mark Hylkema as he relates stories and shows photos of the local excavation of fossils and much more.

It will be an interesting evening. Admission is FREE, and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Welcome to February! Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away.

Remember that you can always do your Valentine's Day shopping at the Museum Gift Shop. The Gift Shop is open during museum normal hours of operation (Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 4pm).

We have a great selection of gifts for everyone on your list, not just for Valentine's Day, but every day!

New Exhibit now OPEN:
Sunnyvale's Community, Civic and Service Organizations

Our volunteers have been hard at work on our latest exhibit, and it is now open to the public. This exhibit highlights the numerous Community, Civic and Service Organizations that help make Sunnyvale such a great place. We want to thank all of the many organizations that have loaned us memorabilia and have donated items to us over the years.

The exhibit is open during normal museum hours (Tuesdays/Thursdays/Sundays from noon to 4pm) and will be available for viewing until the end of March.

Congratulations, Leslie!

The Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce 50th Annual Murphy Award Celebration is happening on February 21st.

Our very own Leslie Lawton will be receiving the Murphy Award for Lifetime Community Contribution. Leslie is the Historical Society's Vice President, and among her many duties, she is editor for our monthly Historical Society Newsletter and schedules the many interesting speakers for our general meetings.

We thank her for all of her hard work and long time commitment to the museum and to the Sunnyvale community at large.

We raise a glass to this recognition of your accomplishments--you are most deserving!

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