Dust, Displacement, and Dignity Restored: New Deal Photographs by Arthur Rothstein In response to widespread drought and the Dust Bowl, President Franklin Roosevelt created an enormous program of relief and recovery to help America’s dispossessed. This exhibition offers a glimpse of the compelling documentary photo stories Arthur Rothstein created in support of FDR’s rural New Deal […]

Our fellow Heritage Park partner, the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum, is holding a free to the public Open House from 10am-4pm on the first weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of every month. They are located next to the Salinas Amtrak station and host an interactive HO scale layout and diorama recreating Monterey County railroads […]

We’re celebrating the start of Monterey County’s Car Week with a classic car show featuring 8 different car clubs that’s fun for the whole family! Join us Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 10am-2pm in front of the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas! Don’t miss seeing Steinbeck’s own camper, Rocinante, and our special guest speaker, Clay […]

Please join us as the National Steinbeck Center presents the 2024 Valley of the World Awards on Saturday, September 14, 2024 with doors opening at 5pm. Our Premiere Wine Vendor is Corral Wine Co. with appetizers and dinner by Salinas City BBQ (Non-Alcoholic selections available.).   Come and listen to our keynote speaker, Steve McIntyre […]

Come join us Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 9am to 2pm as we host our annual FREE Steinbeck Street Fair and this year we are celebrating John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row”! Both inside the museum and on the 100 block of Main Street in front of the National Steinbeck Center, we will be enjoying activity booths, […]