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Exhibits

"Are We There Yet?" Destination Capitola -- Pictures || 2006/07 Exhibit

Creating a Lasting Impression: A History of the Arts in Capitola -- Pictures || Summer 2006 Exhibit

Soquel Creek: A River Over Time -- Pictures
Summer 2005 Exhibit

Gorman Woody: A Life in Live Oak -- Pictures
2004/05 Exhibit || Press release: Word; pdf

Capitola Begonia Festival September 2004
Festival goers decorated hats with begonias in an event run by the Museum. Pictures!

In the Company of Frederick Hihn: Capitola 1874-1913
2003/04 Pictures


History of Women Surfing
Summer/Fall 2003 Pictures

Capitola from the Inside Out
Winter/Spring 2002/03 Pictures

Capitola In Full Bloom
Summer/Fall 2002

Wish You Were Here -- Postcards from the Coast || About the exhibit.
Fall/Winter 2000/2001

Henry Allen Rispin and the Roaring Twenties
Summer/Fall 2001

Capitola's Peril
Fall/Winter 2000/2001

Born on the Fourth of July!
Summer 2000

Pincushions to Politics: Women in Nineteenth Century Santa Cruz County The exhibit tells the stories of self-reliant women who lived in this area during the first decades of statehood.  The stalwart pioneers are represented in the museum exhibit through photographs, books, period dresses, shoes, hats, poems, and, of course, a pincushion.  About the ExhibitWeb sites related to the Exhibit. Pictures from the Exhibit.
Spring 2000

By the Sea -- A Century of Swimwear  Historic swim apparel.  Description of the By the Sea exhibit.  Article from Spring 1999 Capitola Magazine  Pictures of the exhibit
Summer 1999
 
New Brighton Middle School Art Show
May 1999

Capitola's Birthday: Fifty Years Back to the Future  An exhibit recalling the fifty years of Capitola's existence.

"Remember When"--Views of Capitola's Past Capitola's most often remembered times, and events.
Summer 1998

New Brighton Middle School Art Show
May 1998

Old World, New World: Waves of Immigration in Santa Cruz County   Winter exhibit portraying the diversity within the community's population.  Visitors from November 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998: 1,674.

    Local Heroes! Summer exhibit commemorating Capitola founders, benefactors and celebrities.
    Summer 1997

    New Brighton Middle School Art Show  Show attended by 8 classes from Capitola Elementary and
    New Brighton Middle School.
    May 1997

    Emperor's New Clothes
    October 1996 through April 1997
    County pioneers and immigrants represented by photographs and heirloom accessories.

    Summertime
    June through September 1996
    Coastline views, 1910-1928; photographs taken by Lionel Tracy Lenox and Dr. Alfred Sutton, of San Jose.

    New Brighton Middle School Art Show
    May 1997

    Here's Looking at You, Kid--Capitola From a Child's-Eye View
    February through April 1996
    Capitola from a youthful and playful point of view.

    All Dolled Up for the Holidays, III
    December 1995 through January 1996
    The third annual doll and toy show featuring old and yet familiar dolls, toys, and games, plus a collection of six large Victorian dollhouse rooms loaned by the Santa Cruz County Historical Museum.

    Honey, I Shrunk the Bridge -- The Model World of Chris Lundell
    September through November 1995
    Miniatures by Capitola artist Chris Lundell, including the Capitola Wharf, the Seacliff Cement Ship, the Capitola trestle, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

    Bloomin Moos -- Brown Ranch and the Capitola Begonia Festival
    June through September 1995
    The Museum's summertime exhibit celebrating the history of the Brown Bulb Ranch and Dairy, the development of Forty-First Avenue, and Capitola's Annual Begonia Festival.