Upcoming MOAH Events
Halloween Night at the Museum
The ghosts are out at MOAH this Halloween! Grab your costumes for a night of eerie vibes and spine-tingling fun.
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Collage Capsules: Build a Mini Bookshelf or Exhibit
An afternoon of crafting and imaginative making with the Palo Alto Library! Supplies included
Repair Cafe of Silicon Valley
Bring your broken and run-down items to be repaired and refurbished by an all-volunteer team of skilled workers.
(Limit 2 items per household.)
Laughter Yoga, Dynamic Fascia Movement, & Sound Meditation Experience
Disrupt the daily grind with an evening of restorative play and self-care!
Dynamic Fluid Percussion & Fascia Experience
Disrupt the daily grind with an evening of restorative play and self-care!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Festival
Bring the whole family for an end-of-summer bash and a celebration of America’s most iconic dessert!
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Repair Cafe of Silicon Valley
Bring your broken and run-down items to be repaired and refurbished by an all-volunteer team of skilled workers.
(Limit 2 items per household.)
Coconut Hint live!
FREE live rock and pop music in a historic garden!
Follow the band on Instagram @coconut_hint
Technostalgia opening reception, featuring Nemo Gould
Experience the beauty, the fancy, and the imagination of technological innovation through the kinetic sculptures of Nemo Gould.
Backstage Pass: A Museum Collection Behind the Scenes
Step backstage to see museum spaces normally closed to the public!
A museum member exclusive!
Mickaboo Bird Adoption & Toymaking Faire
Rescue birds are looking for their forever families!
Come interact with birds and make a toy or two for the birds to play with!
FREE admission
Rive Gauche Live!
Let Rive Gauche transport you to the 1920s-40s!
Come listen to a trio of musicians play French cafe-style music and Jazz Manouche on the accordion, violin, guitar, and bass.
FREE admission
Line Dancing with Kent & Sandy
Join the line dancing revival!
Enjoy a high-energy, beginner-friendly night of line dancing with instructors Kent You and Sandy Hsu.
(Tickets required)
Yuri Liberzon in concert
Don’t miss an evening with Yuri Liberzon, internationally acclaimed classical guitarist and recording artist!
Vintage Vehicles & Family Festival
Rev up your engines and cruise on over to MOAH’s FREE 21st Vintage Vehicle & Family Festival, held in partnership with Palo Alto’s annual May Fête!
Repair Café of Silicon Valley
Repair Café is a FREE event focused on conservation, environmentalism, and combating “throwaway culture.”
Bring your broken and run-down items to be repaired and refurbished by an all-volunteer team of skilled workers.
MOAH's School of Rock
Live music performances by Bay Area rock enthusiasts!
Rock out to live music in a historic garden with 2 featured bands: The KLA Jammers & Coconut Hint
FREE admission
To RSVP, click view event
Repair Cafe of Silicon Valley
Repair Café is a FREE event focused on conservation, environmentalism, and combating “throwaway culture.”
Bring your broken and run-down items to be repaired and refurbished by an all-volunteer team of skilled workers.
BayLUG LEGO® Holiday Show - Great American Road Trip
LEGO® meets road tripping - see creations that capture the culture and iconic views of a great American road trip!
Saturdays and Sundays
11am-3pm
Admission = $4 per person
MOAH members = free
Munch & Learn with Bill Boller
FREE EVENT
Join us for the last MOAH talk of 2025. Bill Boller of the Portola Valley Alpine Railroad Association will discuss his experience with trains of all sizes, with an emphasis on narrow-gauge railroads.
Click Here or email admin@moah.org to RSVP.
Halloween Night at the Museum
A spooky night of FREE family fun at MOAH!
Don your costumes and come enjoy...
Halloween candy
Flashlight ghost hunt
Weird history & artifacts
Mad science
Tarot readings
Halloween-themed activities
RSVP HERE
Scare Faire & Costume Swap
Join Transition Palo Alto for a FREE Halloween Scare Faire and Costume Swap!
Bring costumes and decorations in good condition to swap with your neighbors. Participate in crafts, games, and activities for all ages.
Students can get volunteer hours for helping out with set-up, greeting, clean-up, or hosting a table.
Learn more about Transition Palo Alto here.
HARVESTING HISTORY: CELEBRATING HEIRLOOM FOODS
This event will feature a cooking demonstration from Laura Stec, a talk on Heirloom foods by Peter Ruddock, and a walk through the Museum of American Heritage’s garden with garden volunteers.
For more information about our presenters, visit http://www.resilientfoodsheds.org/ and https://www.laurastec.com
351 HOMER AVE. PALO ALTO, CA 94301
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, FROM 3 PM TO 5 PM
Questions? Call 650-321-1004 or email mail@moah.org
125th Wedding Anniversary
FREE vintage extravaganza! Celebrate a wedding from 1900 at the Hopkins Mansion!
Join MOAH and the Menlo Park Historical Association for a day of wedding cake, antiques, vintage cars, exhibits, raffles, and more.
In remembrance of Helen Hopkins and Augustus Taylor and their fabulous wedding day.
MOAH's Chocolate Chip Cookie Festival
Join us for an end-of-summer bash and a celebration of America’s most iconic dessert!
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Summer Nights Concert Series
Spend a summer evening with Yuri Liberzon, internationally recognized classical guitarist!
FREE live music!
OPEN WAREHOUSE DAY!
Did you know MOAH has a collection of 8000+ artifacts housed in our 13,000 sq. ft. warehouse?
One of the benefits of being a MOAH Member is visiting our warehouse and seeing MOAH’s entire collection!
Join us for this special event with tours and games!
Inside Collections: Stories told in Objects at the Museum of American Heritage and Filoli Historic House and World Class Garden presented by Bobby Gamba
Bobby Gamba has been a dedicated MOAH volunteer for over three years, primarily working in MOAH’s collection and as a docent. In 2023, he joined Filoli as a Collection Manager and has made valuable contributions to both institutions.
Bobby will present a comparative overview of Filoli and MOAH’s collections.
Free Event!
Summer Concert - The Peralta Consort
Join the Museum of American Heritage in welcoming back the nine-person ensemble of the Peralta Consort! This Summer Concert will include music of composers between Bach and the High Baroque period.
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Free event!
Confessions of an ink-stained wretch: My life in the newsroom
From 1974 until 2008, Dick Rogers was a reporter and editor at small, medium and large newspapers. In that span, he covered everything from small town pancake fund-raisers to courtroom dramas to scientific developments at the Lawrence Livermore Lab. At his retirement he was the San Francisco Chronicle's ombudsman, a combination human lightning rod for reader complaints and internal affairs officer.
Please join MOAH for this exciting lecture presented by Dick Rogers!
Free for MOAH Members, $10 for Non-Members.
Zoom live stream option available! Click event for more details.
20th Annual Vintage Vehicles & Family Festival!
MOAH’s 20th Annual Vintage Vehicles & Family Festival (VVFF). Help us celebrate this milestone by supporting our fundraising goal of $30,000! Donate today!
Join us for this fun-filled family event with vintage cars lined up along Homer Ave., plus museum activities like a dog tag-making machine, an opportunity to sit in a Model T, and a ‘Guess What?’ table.
Interested in being a car exhibitor? Click here to get started!
Repair Café
Toss it away?
No way!
Repair Café Silicon Valley is a volunteer-run, community service organization dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfills. Join us by bringing your broken items to be repaired or by volunteering.
“MOAH’s Collectors Over the Years”
Jim Wall, MOAH’s Board President, will provide an exciting overview of MOAH’s collectors over the years. He will cover six collectors showcased in MOAH’s newest exhibit, Honoring 35 Years of Collectors! The museum will be open before and after the lecture.
Live steam option available. Click on event for more details.
Free for MOAH Members, $10 for Non-Members.