Meet professional cartoonists, enjoy hands-on activities, and more. In addition to our special events listed below, check out what happens at the Museum EVERY DAY!
Events are included in the price of admission unless otherwise noted (click event for cost). Members receive free museum admission and a 20% discount on ticketed events. Not a Member? Sign up today!
Events are subject to change; the page below contains the most current information.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Dog Party
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, mix your own puppy kibble, craft a cool dog bowl, and enjoy some “wash the dog” sensory play! Also, learn about adopting older dogs with Brooks Legacy Senior Dog Rescue.
Happy Anniversary, Schulz Museum!
Celebrate the Museum’s anniversary and make yourself at home in our home of 24 years! Watch the new Peanuts animated special, Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy (Apple TV), on the big screen, and enjoy live dance performances, pet adoptions, a mini sculpting craft, and hugs with Snoopy!
Second Saturday Cartoonist: MariNaomi
Meet, watch, and talk to author and illustrator MariNaomi, creator of the Eisner-nominated Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories, and many more.
Pet Caricatures with Joe Wos
Cartoonist Joe Wos will draw your dog, cat, bunny, or other pet in front of the Museum.
Sip and Sketch Happy Hour
Ages 21+ are invited to enjoy serious, silly, and seriously silly drawing challenges with Joe Wos, the Emmy Award-winning host of Cartoon Academy, while sipping suds from Cuver Brewery and snacking on pasta salad from Banza.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Blast Off!
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, launch into hands-on exploration with space-themed crafts. Make an edible constellation, decorate an astronaut helmet, and paint sparkling stars in a watercolor galaxy.
Afterschool Acting on Stage Presents: “A Sally Brown Christmas” (Grades 3–8)
Spend 12 weeks exploring theater arts and preparing to perform in a live performance of the original play, A Sally Brown Christmas. Advance registration required.
FREE DAY!
Enjoy free admission all day. From 11:00 am–1:00 pm, meet cartoonists Sequoia Blankenship and Rob Thompson as they share their debut graphic novel, Feo the Chupacabra. Also, experiment with basic printmaking with Arion Press.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: M.D. Mills
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist M.D. Mills, the artist behind Spiralink Cartoon Art, and learn to make your own cartoons.
Bookbinding Happy Hour
Adults 21+ are invited to work with Arion Press to learn printmaking and bind their own books while drinking local wine.
Celebrating Christo and Jeanne Claude’s Running Fence
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Christo and Jeanne Claude’s Running Fence with a screening of the 1977 Academy Award-nominated documentary Running Fence, followed by a discussion and Q&A with special guests.
Kids Night at the Museum
Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning! Recommended for ages 5-10. Advance registration required.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Happiness is a Warm Blanket
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, celebrate the most sincere Peanuts character, Linus, by decorating your own security blanket, fingerpainting a baseball, and crafting a pom-pom pumpkin patch to welcome the Great Pumpkin! Also, explore the Museum’s newest exhibition about Linus.
Sensory-Friendly Family Morning
Families with children with disabilities and unique needs are invited to explore the Museum from 9:00-10:00 am, before it opens to the public, and then enjoy hands-on activities until 10:30 am. Advance registration required.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Abby Rocha
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist and illustrator Abby Rocha. Rocha has self-published short-form comics, including Heartbreak Tacos, Tides, and Voices, among others.
It’s the Great Pumpkin 60th Anniversary Event
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the classic Peanuts holiday special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, with special guests, live music, crafts, and costume and mustache contests!
Girl Scout Art and Design Sleepover
Brownies and Juniors are invited to earn their Art and Design badges while sleeping overnight at the Schulz Museum! Pizza dinner and breakfast bites included. Advance registration required.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Trick-or-Treat, Charlie Brown!
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, dress in costume and trick-or-treat all around the Museum! Enjoy crafts, stories, and a screening of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on the big screen in the Museum theater. Decorate a colorful monster wreath, bead a silly spider, and paint with mallets. Trick-or-treating starts at 11:00 am.
Homeschool Day: Good Grief! The Science of Expression
Explore the science behind communication. Make your own pen and ink, engineer an old-fashioned telephone, and experiment with printmaking. Also, extend the day with ice skating at Snoopy’s Home Ice from 12:30-2:00 pm.
Kids Night at the Museum
Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning! Recommended for ages 5-10. Advance registration required.
Pearls Jubilee: Celebrating 25 years of Pearls Before Swine
Join award-winning cartoonist Stephan Pastis to celebrate the release of his 25th anniversary book, Pearls Jubilee. Pastis will appear live in conversation, followed by a book signing.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Lisa Ing
Meet, watch, and talk to Lisa Ing whose comics include As Duck Would Have It and the webcomic series, Student Bill.
Connections with Teens and Adults
Join us for time in the Schulz Museum, hands-on activities, and a game of Peanuts Bingo in a meetup designed for teens and adults with disabilities and unique needs. Advance registration required.
Entertainment Technology Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Juniors are invited to earn their Entertainment Technology badge while creating short movies and completing other hands-on technology challenges. Advance registration required.
Comic Artist Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Cadettes are invited to earn their Comic Artist badge in this special hands-on workshop at the Schulz Museum. Advance registration required.
Holiday Happy Hour
Adults 21+ are invited to create their own holiday-themed Peanuts shadow box while sipping samples of local wine.
Thanksgiving Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, cartooning, animation, hands-on science, and more. Check back for a complete camp schedule.
Family Fun Weekend
Join cartoonist and storyteller Joe Wos for live performances and cartoon workshops for all ages!
Kids Night at the Museum
Drop kids off for after-hours holiday fun, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning. Recommended for ages 5-10. Advance registration required.
Gingerbread Doghouse Workshops
Assemble and decorate Snoopy’s doghouse out of gingerbread, complete with a marshmallow Snoopy on top!
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Tara Benhudjiriras
Meet, watch, and talk to visual storyteller Tara Benhudjiriras, whose work uses inks, watercolors, and digital art to explore folklore, life, and the intersection of the beautiful and grotesque.
Winter Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, cartooning, animation, hands-on science, and more! Check back for a full class schedule closer to the date.
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Welcome the New Year with crafts, photos with Snoopy, and an Up-Down Balloon Drop and Baby Balloon Drop at Noon, and a second Balloon Drop at 3:00 pm!
Art and Adventure Brownie Sleepover
Brownies are invited to spend the night at the Schulz Museum while earning the Letterboxer badge. Pizza dinner and breakfast snacks included. Advance registration required.
Entertainment Technology Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Juniors are invited to earn their Entertainment Technology badge in person at the Schulz Museum! Participants will have fun creating short movies while completing other hands-on technology challenges. Advance registration required.
Comic Artist Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Cadettes are invited to earn their Comic Artist badge in this special hands-on workshop at the Schulz Museum! Advance registration required.
Good Grief, It’s Girl Scout Night
Girl Scouts of all levels will explore the Charles M. Schulz Museum at night. Join us after hours for mini cartooning and animation workshops, hands-on crafts, including making a Peanuts-themed SWAP, and Peanuts animated shorts on the big screen! Pizza dinner, fun patch for Girl Scouts, and DIY dessert included. Advance registration required.


