EVENTS

Grateful Dads at CHSM Annual BBQ at Deep Cliff Golf Course in 2019

Picture by Donna Austin

We enjoy maintaining a robust calendar of events throughout the year–highlights include our quarterly speaker program and Museum Open Houses. We host an annual BBQ each year that has become a community favorite! There is always something going on at the Cupertino Historical Society + Museum.

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Aug 26, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch.

July 29, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch.

June 24, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch.

May 27, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch.

Mar 25, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch.

Feb 25, 2023

Baer Blacksmith Demonstration

Blacksmith demonstration held at Charlie Baer’s blacksmith shop at McClellan Ranch. CHSM representatives Donna Austin, Sharon Blaine, and Gail Fretwell-Hugger were there giving visitors the history of William and Charlie Baer and the blacksmith shop. They also told visitors about Elisha Stephens, a blacksmith as well as wagon master of the Stephens – Murphy-Townsend wagon party that he guided over the Sierras in 1846.

Feb 14, 2023

Lunar New Year & Valentine's Day

Celebrating Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day at the Cupertino Historical Museum.

Dec 16, 2022

Board Holiday Appreciation Party

A beautiful holiday evening celebrating the Board, Donors, Volunteers, and Community Partners of the Cupertino Historical Society + Museum.

Dec 2-3, 2022

Quinlan Tree Lighting, Museum Open For Holidays

Oct 8, 2022

Diwali Pop-Up Exhibit & Festival

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us on Saturday! We had over 500 visitors!

Oct 7, 2022

Diwali Pop-Up Exhibit Opening

Thank you to everyone who came out to preview our pop-up exhibit in honor of the Bay Area Diwali Festival. Thank you so much to Mayor Darcy Paul, Chamber Executive Director Rick Kitson, Vice Mayor Liang Chao, Council Member Kitty Moore, Commissioner Muni Madhdhipatla, Commissioner Govind Tatachari, Meenu Devrani, Sarini Kakkar, and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA (HSS). Last evening was a lovely testament to the power of museums to build community and celebrate culture.

Ceremonial lantern lighting

Exhibit opening ceremony

Darcy Paul votes for his favorite Saree.

Darcy Paul

Oct 1, 2022

Volunteer Fair at Civic Center Plaza

The Cupertino Historical Society + Museum may be small, but it still takes many people to keep it functioning well. We need more volunteers to keep all our programs working smoothly. We also need some volunteers to provide short term help with specialized skills so we can continue to perform to current civic standards.

Members experienced with our organization volunteered their time to staff a booth at the City of Cupertino Volunteer Fair. They recruited more helpers to our programs.

Sept 13, 2022

The Asian American Experience

Sept 9, 2022

CHS Annual BBQ - Jazz Age Lawn Party

Kris & Yuri Kovshynov dance the Charleston

Aug 28, 2022

AR Workshop

mobile 3D scanning interface

Councilmember Kitty Moore scans an object (video by Jennifer Furlong)

[name] scans Cupertino Mayor Darcy Paul

Aug 6, 2022

Community Bell Ringing for Peace

July 20, 2022

July Board Social

July 14, 2022

HBD Alecia Thomas, Collections Assistant
& Miniature Portrait Album

Happiest of birthdays to our amazing Collections Assistant @caliseaserpent shown here holding a recent collections find from 1865! Pictured: a beautiful treasure of a miniature portrait album inscribed “A Christmas Gift to Willie, From Mother 1865.” It contains a whopping 88 portraits!

July 4, 2022

Museum Open House During
Cupertino's Independence Day Celebration

June 21, 2022

African Americans in Silicon Valley
with Professor Jan Batiste Adkins

June 11, 2022

Field Trip to Angel Island Immigration Station

Thanks to generous sponsorships from the Office of Mayor Darcy Paul, The Forum, Marketplace Cupertino, TECO and The Cupertino Historical Society and Museum we were able to travel to Angel Island yesterday to learn more about the history of exclusionary immigration practices, and their far- reaching consequences in this country. We enjoyed a beautiful day with a picnic lunch on the grounds followed by an excellent tour provided by one of the Angel Island Museum Docents and Ed Tepporn, the Angel Island Foundation Executive Director. After seeing the newly-opened Immigration Station Museum (a must-visit) we gathered for some very fruitful processing and discussion. It was a very impactful day for all in attendance, and we hope to be able to conduct such trips to places of historical interest in the future. Great things happen when we collaborate with our city government and key community stakeholders!

May 18, 2022

Quinlan Preschool Comes to Visit

May 18, 2022

For the Love of Apricots - L.P. Newman

May 18, 2022

Canyon Crossing Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Photos by Hung Wei and Donna Austin

Apr 30 - May 1, 2022

Pop-Up Exhibit & Museum Open House
During Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival

Mar 22, 2022

Lost Railroad Tunnels of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Jan 1, 2022

State of the City Address

Oct 23, 2021

Cupertino From the Ohlone to Crossroads to Incorporation

Oct 23, 2021

Exhibit Opening - Cupertino From the Olhone to Crossroads to Incorporation

Oct 17-25, 2021

Boris Stanley Week

Oct 1, 2021

CHS Annual BBQ - A Sip of History

at Picchetti Winery

July 7, 2021

Installation of Darryl Stow, Board President

June 28, 2021

Love of Apricots & Memories of the Santa Clara Valley: An Evening with Author Lisa Newman

June 14, 2021

Visit to Snyder-Hammond House

Highlights from yesterday’s visit to the Snyder-Hammond House with @hungwei511 @cityofcupertino @kitty4cupertinoyouthwing #Cupertino #wearecupertino

May 22, 2021

Cupertino-Themed Trivia Night

May 17, 2021

CHSM Annual Meeting

Apr 14, 2021

An Evening With David Mariani
The Story of the Mariani Family in California

Apr 1, 2021

Cupertino Awards Program

Mar 24, 2021

Racial Justice Reading Group
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee

Feb 18, 2021

Move

It’s moving day! Thank you so much to our friends at The Oaks Shopping center (and The former Blue Light Cinema) for letting us store museum furniture rent-free for the past year. We’re moving out today! @vectormoving your team has been wonderful! #CommunityWhoCares #WeAreCupertino #MovingDay

Feb 3, 2021

Racial Justice Reading Group - Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Dec 16, 2020

Racial Justice Reading Group

Oct 7, 2020

Racial Justice Reading Group
The Devil in Silicon Valley - Northern California, Race and Mexican Americans by Stephen Pitti

Sep 30, 2020

Pete Emig and The Human Touch
Cupertino Through the Eyes of An Artist
with Local Historian Wes Morse & John Emig