Stroll the streets of Historic Downtown Monterey and visit 19th-Century Mexican Era adobes decorated for the holidays. Enjoy fandango dance lessons at Custom House, treats at Fisherman’s Wharf or bagpipes and shortbread cookies at Robert Louis Stevenson House, to name a few. Many other adobes offer entertainments, refreshments, games, history and loads of fun. It’s a holiday […]
The 89th Annual La Merienda will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Memory Garden off of the Custom House Plaza. Sorry, we are sold out. A waiting list is available. Please call call (831) 372-2311 or email La************@gm***.com for information. All proceeds above the cost of La Merienda itself go to Monterey History & […]
On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 3:00 P.M., the Monterey History and Art Association will be conducting its annual membership meeting. At this time, we will be giving our “State of the Union” address. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this year’s meeting will be held via Zoom. If you are planning on attending the Zoom meeting […]
The City’s oldest annual event was held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in the Memory Garden on Custom House Plaza. For the past 90 years, the Monterey History & Art Association has hosted this community fiesta to commemorate the 1770 founding of the City of Monterey when Father Junipero Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola celebrated […]
https://ibb.co/hWtMNyz MHAA & Old Monterey Foundation proudly presents the first installment of their 2023 lecture series featuring the distinguished Peter Hiller, author, historian, and Jo Mora Collection Curator for the Monterey History and Art Association, as he discusses the life and legacy of artist Jo Mora and Mora’s contributions to the Monterey Bay community. The creative […]
https://ibb.co/yY44vTh Our current featured artist is local artist, owner of Imagine Art Supplies, and art mentor with the Youth Arts Collective, Germain Hatcher. “Beyond Bullwhip Days” is Hatcher’s attempt to resurrect, reconstruct, and remember history as it was and is, in its rawness and layered beauty. Join us in celebrating Black History Month as we […]
