Sunnyvale Museum March 2015 Newsletter

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Welcome Spring! We haven't had much of a winter but hope that everyone is ready for spring. The orchard behind the museum is already alive with blossoms.

This message is being sent as a reminder about what's happening at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum.

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Sunnyvale Clubs & Organizations
Exhibit is ending soon!

Our temporary exhibit highlighting Sunnyvale's numerous Community, Civic and Service Organizations will close at the end of March.

We want to thank the almost 30 local organizations who have lent us interesting items. The full list of organizations can be found HERE.

This interesting exhibit is open to the public during normal museum hours [Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday from noon to 4pm] for the rest of the month, so plan your visit today.

Our Spring Teas are now on Sale!

Reservations are now available for our always popular Spring Victorian Teas! This year's Victorian Teas are scheduled for April 25 & 26 (Saturday & Sunday) and May 3 (Sunday) at 2pm at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Historical Museum.

Give us a call (408-749-0220) or come by the museum to reserve yourself a space at our table.

Remember that this also makes a great early Mother's Day gift.

Save the Date for our Spring Garage Sale

Have you started your Spring Cleaning yet? When you do, please consider setting aside some items for the Historical Society's Spring Garage Sale. We always welcome your donations—especially kitchen items, jewelry, tools, seasonal items and other collectibles.

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, or other museum events, please drop by the museum to ask about volunteering or e-mail our Volunteer Coordinator at: volunteer@heritageparkmuseum.ORG

We hope to see you, Saturday, April 18th at our Spring Garage Sale location at 795 South Wolfe Road. Remember that all proceeds go directly to the daily operation of the museum.

Mammoths came to the Museum

The February General Meeting was a great success. Our speaker, Mark Hylkema, gave a mesmerizing talk on an archeological excavation taking place in Castroville--the site were Mammoth bones were discovered in 2011.

Mark has directed excavations throughout the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas and teaches Anthropology at Foothill College. Mark is the third of four generations of Sunnyvale residents and is an expert in local pre-history and early colonial history very well.

We have posted a video of part of the talk online. It can be found on our new YouTube channel HERE. More background and photos on the excavation can be found on our Facebook Page.

Thanks again to those of you who attended our February General Meeting and heard Mark Hylkema's talk on "Excavating the Castroville Mammoths." We will definitely have him back as a speaker at one of our future meetings.

Congratulations, Leslie!

The Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce held the 50th Annual Murphy Award Celebration last month, and Leslie Lawton received the Murphy Award for Lifetime Community Contribution.

Leslie is the Historical Society's Vice President, and among her many duties, she is the editor of 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 her long-time commitment to the museum and to the Sunnyvale community at large.

Leslie, you are most deserving!

To learn more about the event, CLICK any of the photos below.

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Museum Address: 570 E Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone: (408) 749-0220 Hours: 12-4pm, Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday
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