As you have probably heard it said, we are living in extraordinary times. Since it is our mission at the Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association to document and preserve Sunnyvale history for future generations, we need your help. Since March 17th, residents of Sunnyvale and six other ... Read More about Documenting the Sunnyvale Experience of COVID-19
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Wartime in Sunnyvale
The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and the new exhibit at the museum takes us back to wartime in Sunnyvale. In 1942, Washington Park became a training ground for recruits, and Sunnyvale was inundated with soldiers who added a new element to the town and took ... Read More about Wartime in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale Museum Memories: The Cannery Worker
By Linda Kubitz A few years ago I guided a lady in her early nineties on a tour of the museum. Because she had grown up in Sunnyvale, she was particularly fascinated by the items on display, some of which she remembered firsthand. When we arrived at the cannery exhibit in the museum’s central ... Read More about Sunnyvale Museum Memories: The Cannery Worker
Celebrating Mary Hidalgo on her 100th birthday
Mary Hidalgo, SHSMA docent and longtime volunteer, will be 100 years old on February 29! To celebrate this happy milestone, Sunnyvale Historical Society members who know Mary from her many years of service to the museum are invited to an open house reception to wish Mary a “Happy 100th” and enjoy a ... Read More about Celebrating Mary Hidalgo on her 100th birthday
Rediscovering the Plaque of B.D. Murphy
“Who is that handsome fellow in that relief?”, visitors ask when they enter the hallway across from the bedroom display. Our docents, meanwhile, have been wondering, “Why is this plaque displayed only now?”, since until recently, on that same spot on the wall, we showed a drawing of the museum ... Read More about Rediscovering the Plaque of B.D. Murphy
