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.

Apr 29-30, 2023

Popup Exhibit for Cherry Blossom Festival

Much fun was had at Cupertino Museum’s popup exhibit for the Cherry Blossom Festival. San Jose Kimono Club offered their expertise in dressing mannequins in several kimono styles. Visitors voted for their favorite with pompoms. SJKC also generously loaned many kimonos for visitors to try on and pose with at our photo booth. Below are some photos of many stylish friends!

If you have more photos from this photo booth that you would like to share, please email them to cbf@cupertinohistoricalsociety.org! Please include names (left to right) for us to recognize you in captions. And, of course, please let us know (via the email above) if we have made any mistakes in the captions or if you can help us identify the names we have missed. Thank you!

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.

Feb 1, 2023

DeAnza Choir at 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!