Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8 | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Chapter Two - Palo Alto Stories: First Look at Two Museum Inaugural Exhibits
Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8 | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Palo Alto Museum | FREE
Exploring people who created change.
Step inside the Palo Alto Museum main hall for a first look at two inaugural exhibits: Dona Juana Briones and I AM PALO ALTO.
Meet Juana Briones - 19th-century entrepreneur, matriarch, advocate, healer, and landowner, who pioneered how women of her time could create impact - and discover the wall from the oldest known home in Palo Alto. Then talk with "Pam," the AI-powered digital docent in I AM PALO ALTO, to explore the lives of Jane Stanford, Thomas Foon Chew, and Sam McDonald, three Palo Altans who changed the world through education, food, music, technology, and more. Add your photo while you're there.
Along the way, enjoy hands-on activities and artifacts, meet special guests with family ties to the people featured, pick up museum swag unique to this pop-up, and share your ideas for future programming.
SPECIAL TALKS
Saturday, November 7
12:00 PM - "My Grandfather Thomas Foon Chew: A True Pioneer" with Gloria Hom, EdD, fourth-generation Californian, 35-year college educator, and former California State University trustee
2:00 PM - "Creating Space for Juana: The Art of Exhibition Design" with Dan Saal, award-winning designer, creative director of Wonderfull Design, and former director of design at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunday, November 8
1:00 PM - "A Homecoming for Juana Briones: Why Her Legacy Matters Today" with Al Camarillo, PhD, Stanford historian, pioneering scholar of Mexican American history, and past president of the Organization of American Historians
3:00 PM - "Creating Space for Juana: The Art of Exhibition Design" with Dan Saal
Founding Members: enjoy a members-only hour at 10:00 AM each day, with a behind-the-scenes tour led by Museum President & CEO Marguerite Gong Hancock.
Reserve your free ticket today.
Free
Presented by Palo Alto Museum.