Recently we posted this photo of the entrance to Sunnyvale’s Mountain Park, online on our Facebook page, asking people to tell us their memories. The 250-acre city-owned park, located on Skyline Boulevard, 4.5 miles south of Highway 9, was purchased in 1958 for $50,000 and existed until 1977 when ... Read More about Do you remember Sunnyvale Mountain Park?
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Donations – Audio oscillator
At the Heritage Park Museum we are grateful for all of the donations we have received over the years. One such donation is this audio oscillator. The 200A model was the first product by Hewlett Packard and was manufactured in David Packard’s garage in Palo Alto in 1939. An audio oscillator is an ... Read More about Donations – Audio oscillator
100 years ago – Mar 1917
100 years ago, Sunnyvale had been an official town for five years and according to the US census, the population was less than 1,600. The local newspaper, the Sunnyvale Standard, was owned and operated by W.K. Roberts, and was published once a week on Fridays. Reading several issues of the ... Read More about 100 years ago – Mar 1917
Chinese Bubblegum Art
January - March 2017 This temporary exhibit of Chinese bubblegum card artwork is from the private collection of local Sunnyvale resident Cynthia Liu. Her father, Mei Wu, was the first person in Taiwan to commercially produce bubble gum, the brand was called "Snow White." Wu commissioned artist ... Read More about Chinese Bubblegum Art
2016 Holiday Exhibit
Our special holiday exhibit for 2016, "A World of Santas," opened on October 30th and was up until December 29, 2016. The collection of vintage and international Santas at the Museum was loaned to us by a long time Sunnyvale resident and former teacher Arlene Wible. Over the years she has collected ... Read More about 2016 Holiday Exhibit