Previous Exhibitions

Walt Disney’s Trains
This family-friendly exhibition, organized with San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum, explores the influence that railroad trains had on Walt Disney‘s life and work. It also...
California Dreamin’: Paintings by Melissa Chandon & Matt Rogers
Melissa Chandon and Matt Rogers’ joint exhibition at the Napa Valley Museum Yountville embodies the idyllic “California Dream” of freedom and vitality. Paintings of palm...
Paintings by Marvin Humphrey
St. Helena artist Marvin Humphrey brings his pun-filled trompe l’oeil paintings to the History Gallery. An Opening Celebration Saturday, September 29 at 5 pm is FREE for Members; $10...
Surfboard Artist Tim Bessell
La Jolla-based contemporary California artist Timothy Bessell is known for the distinctive handmade surfboards he’s created throughout his career, having shaped more than 46,000 over the...
Randy Strong- Glass Master
Napa Valley Museum Yountville will present Randy Strong – Glass Master, a unique collection of Berkeley artist Randy Strong’s legendary 45-year career in the historic American...
Lowell Herrero: Origins of an Original
Iconic Napa Valley artist Lowell Herrero turned his passion for living into an enduring work of art. From his home in Calistoga, Herrero traveled to...
50 Years of the Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve
Created in April 1968, the Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve became America’s first agricultural preserve, and is one of the primary reasons why the Napa Valley is, and...
“First Response” from Justin-Siena High School
A showcase of work by students for students; a framework for our youth to articulate their reaction to local fires, through their eyes. Art can...
Nathan Oliveira: A Figure Apart
Nathan Oliveira was an American artist and prominent member of the second generation of the Bay Area Figurative artists. Though he worked with a variety of...
France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child
This World Premiere Exhibition showcases rarely seen black and white photographs taken by Paul Child in France between 1948 and 1954. Featuring Paul’s extraordinary photographs of...
Unearthed: Ceramics Exhibition from Angwin’s NBC Pottery
Angwin’s NBC Pottery, from husband and wife team Will and Nikki Callnan, features one-of-a-kind ceramics with an organic edge and rustic flair. This “Unearthed” NBC exhibit is...
Don Coen: Migrant Series
West Coast Premiere The Museum presents this exhibition of Colorado artist Don Coen’s stunning large-scale portraits of migrant workers. Over two decades, the artist spent...
The Smithsonian presents Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964
Begun in 1942 as a temporary war measure to address labor needs in agriculture and the railroads, the bracero program eventually become the largest guest...
Sound Maze by Paul Dresher
Paul Dresher On the Sound Maze: “What would happen if….” is a question I’ve been asking since I started inventing musical instruments in high school, many...
Brought Forth From the Forest
Inspiration “The Woodworker’s Ballad” All that is made of ironHas lent to destruction and blood;But the things that are honoured of ZionAre most of them...
iNSiGHT: the eye behind the lens
The Photography of MJ Schaer INSIGHT: the capacity to gain an intuitive understanding through acute observation, deduction and perception of a subject with an inner...
Ebb and Flow
DON AND LONNE CARR HISTORY GALLERY Historical photographs are woven into the landscape. Each photo is an artifact and a window into a personal narrative....
Embracing Imperfection: Contemporary Expressions of Wabi Sabi
Embracing Imperfection: Contemporary Expressions of Wabi Sabi is an exhibition that explores the practices of contemporary artists Adam Chapman, Jim Melchert, Leah Rosenberg, and Tokihiro Sato through...
Symphony of E-motion
A visual journey into the mind of an artist, literally. “When I cut an angle from a square the new shape begins to communicate...
Iconic Labels: Anchor Brewing Illustrator James Stitt
Anchor Brewing illustrator James Stitt has been hand-drawing labels for the San Francisco craft brewing company for 40 plus years. Every year Stitt creates a...
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