Tour the first floor, enjoy hot cocoa, and participate in fun games while waiting for the magical moment when the mansion lights up for the holidays! In partnership with HARD.
Mrs. Claus has stories to share, so bring your little ones to meet her!
Tell Santa what you want for Christmas and take your own photos with the jolly fellow.
Mrs. Claus has stories to share, so bring your little ones to meet her!
Tell Santa what you want for Christmas and take your own photos with the jolly fellow.
Ever wonder what happens with artifacts when they are not on display? Curious as to what happens behind the scenes at HAHS? Sign up to tour the Hayward Area Historical Society collections with Registrar Emily Conrado and learn more about how we store and preserve artifacts.
Registration Required | Free
The vast majority of those who occupied the White House never came close to replicating the extraordinary leadership of the likes of Washington, Lincoln, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Why? Gerald Henig (author and professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay) offers little-known and compelling stories—funny, tragic, and, in some cases, startling— that help to explain why only a handful of our chief executives etched a place for themselves in the annals of presidential greatness.
Registration Required | Free
Ever wonder why there are so many urns on top of headstones? Notice all those pointy obelisks and floral motifs that adorn burial markers? Have you ever seen a headstone resembling a tree trunk or a log? Each communicates a different sentiment, idea, and identity. Start your morning with a walk through Lone Tree Cemetery and learn about cemetery iconography, symbolism, and the cultures that elevated them.
Registration requested. Meet at Mausoleum 2, behind the cemetery office.
No Dia de los Muertos celebration would be complete without skulls! On the last day of our wonderful community exhibit, come decorate a skull mask to wear for the day!
As Day of the Dead approaches, we all need a skeleton buddy. Come decorate your very own skeleton friend.
Artist and Educator Rachel-Anne Palacios
Join artist Rachel-Anne Palacios as she discusses the Day of the Dead and make your own Day of the Dead-themed tin art to take home. In partnership with the Hayward Arts Council and the Hayward Public Library.
Registration full, join waitlist. Ages 14+
Learn about the symbolism of monarch butterflies in Dia de los Muertos imagery and make your own monarch before they all migrate south.
Day of the Dead Festivities are filled with bright and happy colors! Add vibrant colors to your festivities with your very own tin foil art. Also learn about the role the marigold plays in Dis de los Muertos celebrations and make your own tissue paper marigold.
Our Tell Your Own Story writer's workshop was a success, and now we get to hear the fruits of their labor! Join us at the Museum on the second floor to hear our participants tell their own stories. Stop by and lend an ear. You may be inspired to join our next workshop!
Lead Paranormal Docent Gail Reilly will speak about investigating McConaghy House and Meek Mansion over the last decade and share her experiences from not only our sites, but other historical venues from around the state.
Free | Registration Full
Hayward/South County Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) Chapter invites you to a Voter Information and Registration Event. BWOPA partners with The Links Incorporated Eden Rose Chapter, the Hayward-South County NAACP, and the League of Women Voters of the Eden Area. Light refreshments will be provided.
The presentation will include information regarding:
Why your vote is important
An overview of elections: National, State, and Local
The pros and cons of Assembly and Senate bills
How you can get out the vote
Voter information question and answer session
On-site voter registration
Free | Registration Required
Summer is here, and it is time for our annual Independence Day Celebration at Meek Mansion! The Blues Bottle Band will brighten the day with live music, so bring your family and a picnic to Meek Park. Local artisans, artists, community groups, and organizations look forward to chatting with you and sharing information about their projects on the south lawn. Walk through Meek Mansion to learn more about the Meek family and their place in history, and, of course, participate in outdoor activities, historical games, and fun crafts for the whole family. We hope to see you there!
Free
As we all know, the Hayward area is known for being a great place to grow fruits and vegetables, so much so that we often have more on our trees and in our gardens than we know what to do with! Lucky for us, there is ForestR. ForestR is a nonprofit organization that offers many programs, but fruit tree gleaning is their specialty. Join us on June 1st to hear more about ForestR’s programs and how their fruit-gleaning service can help redistribute the overabundance your fruit tree produces.
Free | Registration Required
Stop by the Museum for a morning story time and a Mother’s Day craft!
Writer Naomi Shibata will share how documenting family stories began as a gift to her mother and evolved into a means of connecting five generations of her family. She will discuss lessons learned along the way, as well as how she worked with novice writers to help them turn oral histories into the written word. For interested attendees, we will offer a four-part writing workshop that begins in June and concludes in September with a reading of the participants stories.
Do you have family photos that show moments in time worth being remembered for generations to come? Maybe some birthday party pictures from Valle Vista or family picnics at Kennedy Park? Informal snapshots of granny in her garden or your school buddies on the playground? Bring them to the HAHS Museum on this day to be scanned and digitally added to our collection. You keep the original! Please limit to 12 photos per person.
It’s Cherryland Community Association’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza and Meek Mansion will be open for self-guided tours! Children can make their very own Easter bags for their HAHS goodies, and try to find a few hidden features on the Mansion’s first floor. It’s fun for the whole family!
Meek Mansion will be open between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Festivities in the park will continue beyond this time.
Start your day with a morning walking tour of the burials sites belonging to some notable Haywardians! This 1.5 hour tour will visit the final resting places of the Rodeo King of the West, an Indy 500 winner, the town’s namesake, and many more. The tour will also examine some interesting grave markers and discuss local legends. This tour requires a slight walk uphill and will navigate some uneven paths.
Meet in front of Mausoleum 2 (located behind the cemetery office)
Panel Moderator and Visual Artist Vanita Lee-Tatum
The African American influence has been paramount in visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary, and other forms of cultural expression. For centuries, Western intellectuals denied or minimized the contributions of people of African descent to the arts as well as history, even as their artistry in many genres was mimicked and/or stolen. However, we can still see the unbroken chain of Black art production from antiquity to the present.
In partnership with the Hayward Arts Council and the Hayward Public Library, the Hayward Area Historical Society is proud to host a panel of black artists as they discuss their art as representative of lived experience, preservation of black history, and as a mode of empowerment.
Panelists include Khristel Johnson [Textiles, Quilt], Mark Sublett [Mixed Media], Saleem Gilmore [Author/Cartoonist], and Russell Foote [Photography].
Registration is requested. Free parking available in the garage adjacent to the library.
HAHS and the Hayward Public Library are partnering to host Dr. ShiPu Wang, Coats Family Chair in the Arts and Professor of Art History at the University of California, Merced, as he discusses the exhibition and book Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. Dr. Wang, curator of this forthcoming nationally touring exhibition, will talk about the artwork, stories, and connections of these three exceptional Japanese American women, one of whom, Hisako Hibi, called Hayward home prior to World War II.
Registration requested. Free parking available in the garage adjacent to the library. Refreshments provided courtesy of the Eden Township JACL.
Let’s light up the houses, celebrate the season, and walk through Meek Mansion during special evening hours. In partnership with HARD.
Let’s light up the houses, celebrate the season, and walk through McConaghy House during special evening hours. in partnership with HARD.
Join HAHS Board President, Tom Lorentzen, as he leads a discussion reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
Space is limited - please call (510) 581-0223 to reserve your spot. Space is given on a first come, first served basis.
You are invited to discuss ideas of home, belonging, and environment created in Hayward in the 20th Century. Each conversation will feature individuals who made history through sustained local action and community work. Their histories are exciting and unique yet remain little known. We can learn from these experiences and find inspiration to address present-day challenges.
We also want to inspire and guide Haywardians who have important stories to preserve for families and community. You can attend all three events, or any of your choosing.
Light refreshments will be served. This series is free to the public. Parking in city lots next to the library is free of charge. More information about the project is available at www.haywardhistory.org.
Presented by CSUEB Department of History in partnership with the Hayward Library and the Hayward Area Historical Society. This project was made possible with support form California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
You are invited to discuss ideas of home, belonging, and environment created in Hayward in the 20th Century. Each conversation will feature individuals who made history through sustained local action and community work. Their histories are exciting and unique yet remain little known. We can learn from these experiences and find inspiration to address present-day challenges.
We also want to inspire and guide Haywardians who have important stories to preserve for families and community. You can attend all three events, or any of your choosing.
Light refreshments will be served. This series is free to the public. Parking in city lots next to the library is free of charge. More information about the project is available at www.haywardhistory.org.
Presented by CSUEB Department of History in partnership with the Hayward Library and the Hayward Area Historical Society. This project was made possible with support form California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
You are invited to discuss ideas of home, belonging, and environment created in Hayward in the 20th Century. Each conversation will feature individuals who made history through sustained local action and community work. Their histories are exciting and unique yet remain little known. We can learn from these experiences and find inspiration to address present-day challenges.
We also want to inspire and guide Haywardians who have important stories to preserve for families and community. You can attend all three events, or any of your choosing.
Light refreshments will be served. This series is free to the public. Parking in city lots next to the library is free of charge. More information about the project is available at www.haywardhistory.org.
Presented by CSUEB Department of History in partnership with the Hayward Library and the Hayward Area Historical Society. This project was made possible with support form California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Join us for a day of community celebration at Meek Estate Park! Get a peek inside this local landmark and learn more about Meek Family history. Enjoy historic games and crafts, patriotic activities, local artists and artisans, and local community booths. Purchase a bite to eat from the Cherryland Community Association, and stay for the music of the Blues Bottle Band. Fun for the whole family!
Join us for special evening hours at Meek Mansion in conjunction with this HARD event! Experience Meek by twinkling holiday lights as you navigate through these festively decorated spaces. More information about this event can also be found at HARD’s website.
Join us for special evening hours at McConaghy House in conjunction with this HARD event! Experience McConaghy by twinkling holiday lights as you navigate through these festively decorated spaces. More information about this event can also be found at HARD’s website.
Blues Bottle Band
After a two year hiatus, Independence Day at Meek is back! The Blues Bottle Band will brighten up the day with live music so bring your family and a picnic to the park. Then walk through the Meek Mansion to learn more about the family that once lived in this beautiful house as well as their place in history. Community groups and organizations look forward to chatting with you and sharing information about their projects on the south lawn. Most importantly, join us for lots of fun outdoor activities, historical games, and crafts for the whole family.
In partnership with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District and Cherryland Community Association.
Join us for this free event as we light Meek Mansion, celebrate the season with some fun activities, and enjoy some refreshments. Meek Mansion will be open and decorated inside and out for the season!
In partnership with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) and Cherryland Community Association.
Join us for this free event as we light McConaghy House, celebrate the season with some fun activities, and enjoy some refreshments. McConaghy House will be open and decorated inside and out for the season!
In partnership with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD)
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