Category: Latest News
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A new look for O’Brien’s Ice Cream Parlor & the return of the Museum Gift Shop!
History San José is benefiting from our generous community. First the Rotary Club of San Jose granted HSJ funds to refurbish O’Brien’s; and then Linda Loew made a gift to reopen the museum store. Stay tuned for news on the grand reopening!
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Spring Cleaning and Warehouse Auction at History Park
We are clearing out the warehouse at History Park to make way for the Bay Area Glass Institute’s new studio. We want to thank the Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust and the Hugh Stuart Center for their generous funding to make this project possible! As our curators inventoried and moved artifacts to HSJ’s state-of-the-art Collection…
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Meet our Community Curators: Crystel Vasquez
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. For today’s exhibit opening, we are highlighting local tattoo artist Crystel Vasquez. Crystel has been tattooing for about 12 years. Today she works…
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Meet our Community Curators: Sam Rusk
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are highlighting Sam Rusk. Like many of our other artists, Sam has always been drawn to art. As a kid she…
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Meet our Community Curators: Tamiko Rast
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are highlighting Tamiko Rast. Tamiko has painted and been involved with art since childhood, taking oil painting classes at…
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Meet our Community Curators: Jazz Fuller
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. Today, we are featuring local tattoo artist Jazz Fuller. Jazz has always enjoyed drawing and art, and was drawn to tattooing…
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Restoration Shop volunteers hard at work
Our volunteers at the Restoration Shop have been busy working on the Museum’s 1927 Model T Truck, getting it in good running order. So far they’ve rebuilt the starter, added a modern ignition switch, rewired the electrical system, and added a new one-gallon gas tank. Thank you to all the Restoration Shop volunteers for your…
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Meet our Community Curators: Shana Javier-Carrasco
To celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History, we will be highlighting the work of the some local female tattoo artists who helped curate the exhibit. To get things started, we talked with Shana Javier-Carrasco, a tattoo artist who has been working in San Jose for over…
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New exhibit Coming to History Park – Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History
Do you think of tattooed women and female tattoo artists as a recent trend? If so, you’ll be surprised to discover the fascinating and largely unknown history of the the foremothers of modern tattooing prior to WWII. The exhibit explores Native American women proudly displaying tattoos as an important rite of passage; the wealthy elite…
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New exhibit Coming to History Park – Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History
Do you think of tattooed women and female tattoo artists as a recent trend? If so, you’ll be surprised to discover the fascinating and largely unknown history of the the foremothers of modern tattooing prior to WWII. The exhibit explores Native American women proudly displaying tattoos as an important rite of passage; the wealthy elite…
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