Monterey State Historic Park

06/12/2026

TOMORROW! Join us in the Memory Garden for a free family craft day from 10am-2pm.🎨🧶🖌️

We’ll have plenty of arts and crafts activities for the whole crew. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the 5th Annual California State Parks Week!

06/10/2026

We’re getting everything ship shape (pun intended) for our upcoming shipwreck exhibit! ⚓️🚢

Take a peek behind the scenes to see it come together. We hope to see you for the opening tomorrow evening from 5:30-7pm, and every following Friday and Saturday from 11-4!

06/06/2026

We can’t wait for you to see our upcoming exhibit!

Stop by Casa Gutierrez Art Gallery on Fridays and Saturdays from 11-4 starting on June 12th. ⚓️🏴‍☠️

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

We’re thrilled to join in celebrating their new exhibit “A Visual History of Art and Architecture in Monterey” at First Friday, tomorrow from 5-7pm. Come say hello to us in the sculpture garden to learn about the links to our park! 🎨🖌️

The exhibit is curated by Joaquin Turner and Dr. Cynthia Wagner Weick, who, along with Amelia Ward, just published the fantastic “Preserving History: A Field Guide to Art and Architecture in Monterey”.

We hope to see you there!

06/03/2026

August Gay is just one of so many incredible artists who have found inspiration in Monterey’s historic adobes. 🎨👨‍🎨

05/30/2026

These are a few of our favorite things (in the Park’s museums)! 🎶🫶

05/22/2026

Explore the Park’s ties to revolutionary history in this latest installment of “Curator’s Corner”! 🔍🗝️📜

05/19/2026

Happy International Museum Day! What’s YOUR favorite museum object at Monterey State Historic Park?

05/09/2026

History is waiting for you here at Monterey State Historic Park!