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Los Altos History Museum reveals new exhibit showcasing the town’s history and diverse groups

Cassady Gammons/Midpeninsula Post The Los Altos History Museum’s permanent exhibit, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land,” which opened in early February, highlights the history of Los Altos using new interactive touchscreens and artifacts. The exhibit also pays tribute to different cultural communities that have shaped the town’s history. The exhibit is divided into four sections by location: creeks, hills, valleys…
March 7, 2023
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Los Altos History Museum Unveils a Permanent Collection: “Making Connections: Stories from the Land”

Lina Broydo/La Oferta Our young generation is in for a fabulous awakening surprise as they will learn and be at awe of the remarkable history of the place they call their home in the heart of Silicon Valley. But it is not all about chips and technology, kids! The newly opened “Permanent Exhibition, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land,” is…
February 20, 2023
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New Los Altos history exhibit uses tech as a window to the past

“Making Connections: Stories from the Land” is the new permanent exhibition at the Los Altos History Museum Sal Pizarro/The Mercury News There’s something very Los Altos about using a tablet and augmented reality to learn about a train station represented in a diorama of the city as it was in the1930s. That sums up the constant push and pull between…
February 18, 2023
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New Los Altos History Museum exhibit brings a modern twist to history

Audrey Tsai/The Talon` There’s only one place in Los Altos where visitors can find a moving train diorama, augmented reality and the recorded stories of over a dozen historical figures: the new exhibit of the Los Altos History Museum. After over two years of planning and construction, the museum’s new permanent exhibition, “Making Connections: Stories From the Land,” will open…
February 6, 2023
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New exhibition explores how nature made a Silicon Valley town what it is today

Los Altos History Museum opens new permanent exhibition with interactive features Heather Zimmerman /Mountain View Voice The Los Altos History Museum's new permanent exhibition, "Making Connections: Stories from the Land," truly gets down to earth, focusing on how geography and the natural environment has shaped local history. To fully engage visitors in its stories, the exhibition also draws on another,…
February 2, 2023
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Permanent exhibition set to debut at Los Altos History Museum

Special to the Town Crier/Los Altos Town Crier The grand opening of the Los Altos History Museum’s new permanent exhibition, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land,” is scheduled 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 11. Over two years in the making, the exhibition delivers an immersive experience through expansive video walls, interactive touch screens and listening stations, and artifacts to…
January 31, 2023
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Exhibition spotlights Shoichi Kagawa, caretaker and gardener for Paul Shoup

Town Crier Report/Los Altos Town Crier The new permanent exhibition being installed at the Los Altos History Museum features several notable residents from the early days (pre-1950) of the community. The exhibition, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land,” spotlights people from across four sections of the display: Leland Smith (the town), Mary Golda Ross (the valley), Rose Marie Taaffe (the…
December 20, 2022
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Old-Fashioned Holiday Festivities at Museum

Los Altos Patch Los Altos History Museum invites the public to “Catch the Spirit” of the holidays with music, tasty treats, and boutique shopping on Wednesday, November 16 from noon-4pm. Attendees may tour the historic J. Gilbert Smith House decorated for a 1930s Christmas, enjoy home-baked sweet and savory goodies on the porch, and shop for unique gifts in two…
November 10, 2022
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Museum highlights Stegner’s literary legacy in new display

Town Crier Report/Los Altos Town Crier The Los Altos History Museum is scheduled to open a companion exhibition to its outdoor display on Wallace Stegner, this time focusing on the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s legacy in the creative writing world, and the Los Altos area in particular. Co-produced by The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University, “A Society…
October 19, 2022
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Remembering Rose Marie Hoffman Taaffe, Los Altos Hills rancher and businesswoman

Katherine Simpson/Los Altos Town Crier While Rose Marie Hoffman may have married into one of 19th-century Los Altos Hills’ most prominent families, her story is well worth telling on its own, particularly during National Hispanic History Month. A relative of Gen. Jose Castro, Rose was a San Jose socialite born in 1868. “Gently reared with a religious background by the…
October 12, 2022
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History Museum’s offsite exhibit previews what’s to come

Town Crier Report/Los Altos Town Crier The Los Altos History Museum has opened an offsite display highlighting its new Permanent Exhibition, “Making Connections: Stories from the Land.” The teaser display, which opened Sept. 19, will be open through January at the Los Altos Community Center in the space earmarked for the cafe, replacing the museum’s current pop-up exhibition revealing the…
September 28, 2022
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LA History Museum celebrates volunteers

Town Crier Report/Los Altos Town Crier The Los Altos History Museum honored its volunteers recently, awarding certificates and gifts at a ceremony in the garden courtyard. The heads of 18 committees nominated an outstanding volunteer to receive the recognition for the year, with a special award naming Pilar Parducci as Volunteer of the Year. Parducci was singled out for her…
September 14, 2022