Our newest exhibition “Cannery Row: Where Fact Meets Fiction” is now in our Arts & Culture Gallery until December 8, 2024. An eclectic mix of items from the National Steinbeck Center’s collection, highlighting some of the facts from Steinbeck’s 1945 novel, as well as the creative, fictional aspects. Please join us as we celebrate the […]

We’re joining the 20th year of Trick or Treating in Downtown Salinas on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 11am to 2pm with our FREE Steinbeck Spooktacular! We’re having a delicious candy trail through the museum, selfie opportunities and special art projects on the patio. (While supplies last!) Costumes are encouraged. All ages welcome! For the […]

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 have exciting news! For the first time, we will be participating in San Jose’s “Christmas in the Park!” Come see the National Steinbeck Center’s very own holiday tree between November 29, 2024 to January 1, 2025, noon to 10pm. We are overjoyed to be part of their two-acre park that is transformed into a […]

We are honored to participate in Monterey’s 40th Annual “Christmas in the Adobes” at the Lara-Soto Adobe for the first time! This early evening walking tour of Monterey’s historic adobes adorned in holiday décor surprises presented by Monterey State Historic Park Association (MSHPA) and California State Parks, delight visitors with welcoming, candle-lit luminarias leading the […]