The Historical Society holds its quarterly general meetings on the fourth Monday in January, April, July, and October. In January, we usually have our annual Soup Supper and in July we have a barbeque on the Big Lawn at the Museum. An informative and educational program is presented at each meeting. Refer to the Museum calendar for future meetings/programs. Historical Society members will receive notice in the newsletter, but the meetings/programs are open to non-members.

Plein-air painting has come to mean representational painting done from real life in nature. The Fall Plein-air Art Camps at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum are an outgrown of the Plein-air Painters of America exhibition at The Haggin Museum in Stockton.

The San Joaquin county High School students selected to participate in the Plein-air Art Camp are provided with the use of full sets of equipment and materials and they receive instruction from plein-air painters. They do “studio work” in the Museum multi-purpose room, paint outside at locations within the Museum grounds and within Micke Grove Regional Park, and they visit The Haggin Museum.

Photos of the 2008 Plein-air Art Camp

Watch the newsletter or this website for additional programs and workshops.

See also Special Events and Exhibits