This 2025 Holiday Season we are participating in the MC Gives Campaign, and ask that you help us reach our goals through this matching program.
To kick- the campaign off, please listen to this message from renown humanities and Steinbeck scholar Clay Jenkinson from inside the Rocinante:
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Artist M. Walker- Nelson, inspired by Travels with Charley, created West (of Eden) which reimagines the road-trip. Centered on images of the Southwest, this exhibit explores the passage/ravages of time, both evoking and challenging memories with its unique style.
For the first time in 20 years, the National Steinbeck Center has made major, permanent changes to the John Steinbeck Exhibit Hall. Take a look at the behind-the scenes work that went into creating lasting exhibit, dedicated to the Valley of the World honorees.
John Steinbeck themed word search!
Since its publication in January 1945, Cannery Row has been one of America’s favorite Steinbeck works. Being so beloved, the place it is set, Old Ocean View Boulevard, has become a tourist hotspot. Within the novel, Steinbeck blends fact and fiction about his time living in the area. In this exhibit, we celebrate the blend […]
Recently our staff was invited to tour the rebuilt Western Flyer. Executive Director Sherry Flumerfelt and Education Director Rebecca Mostow from the Western Flyer Foundation led us through the fully rebuilt Flyer and told us about its past, its present and what they hope for the future.
We had the pleasure of hosting Clay Jenkinson for our inaugural Cars & Culture Event on August 10th, 2024. He is just a bit more than halfway through his mission of retracing the tire tracks of John Steinbeck and Charley. That trip was over 2 months in 1960 and the wonderful novel Travels With Charley […]
The National Steinbeck Center is proud to contribute to the Mémorial de Caen’s (Caen Memorial Museum) exhibit, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In this video, you can see two videos that are part of the exhibit, running until January 5, 2025. All Music from Artlist.io
The National Steinbeck Center is partnering with Mémorial de Caen in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the landings at Normandy on D-Day. Their exhibit “Dawn of the American Century: 1919-1944” is a tribute to the cultural, political, and social backgrounds of the Americans who landed on Utah Beach and Omaha Beach so many […]
