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.
Homeschool Day: Here Come the Beagle Scouts!
Explore the Museum’s newest exhibition, Here Come the Beagle Scouts!, and earn badges while learning about nature and wilderness skills with Session Climbing, California Relay, Goatlandia, Northwest Regional Library, and more.
Kids Night at the Museum: Tricks and Treats
This event is SOLD OUT. Click here to register for the next Kids Night on December 7. Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning.
FREE DAY: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on the big screen every half hour and enjoy coloring, cartooning, and the Museum galleries for free!
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. Bring your little ones in costume and trick-or-treat all over the Schulz Museum! Also, make a spooky spider headband and tissue paper ghosts, mix up some potions, and watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Trick-or-treating begins at 11:00 am.
Friday Night Films: Citizen Kane
Experience the Oscar-winning classic Citizen Kane (1941) in conjunction with the exhibition Bravo, Snoopy! Peanuts and Pawpet Theater.
NEW: Girl Scout Art and Design Sleepover
Brownies and Juniors will earn their Art and Design badges while sleeping overnight at the Schulz Museum!
Entertainment Technology Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Juniors will earn their Entertainment Technology badge while creating short movies using a green screen and tackling other hands-on technology challenges.
Second Saturday Cartoonists: Phil Witte
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist Phil Witte as he discusses and signs his new book Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons.
Comic Artist Badge Workshop
Girl Scout Cadettes will earn their Comic Artist badge while learning to create a four-panel comic strip.
Veterans Day
Veterans are invited to enjoy free Museum admission today in honor of their dedicated service and in tribute to Charles M. Schulz’s military service.
Beagle Scouts Family Day
Enjoy hands-on fun while earning Beagle Scout badges! From 10:00 am-2:00 pm, learn to draw, practice wilderness skills, and enjoy activities with Session Climbing and California Relay. At 11:00 am, hear from the creative team behind the new graphic novel Snoopy’s Beagle Scout Tales. At 2:00 pm, explore Santa Rosa Symphony’s Instrument Petting Zoo, followed by a live performance by the young musicians of Simply Strings at 3:00 pm.
Shadow Box Holiday Happy Hour
Adults 21+, don’t miss this fun DIY holiday gift event! Learn how to transform a flat Peanuts holiday image into a layered paper shadow box while enjoying local drinks.
Thanksgiving Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, animation, cartooning, and more.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Giving Thanks
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, give thanks for friends and family by making turkey handprint cards, pumpkin playdough, beaded corn on the cob, and more.
Family Fun Weekend
Join cartoonist and storyteller Joe Wos for live performances and cartoon workshops.
Kids Night at the Museum
Kids Night at the Museum: Stories with Snoopy! Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza dinner, games, crafts, and cartooning.
Gingerbread Doghouse Workshops
Assemble and decorate Snoopy’s doghouse out of gingerbread, complete with a marshmallow Snoopy on top! Registration required.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: James Burks
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist, author, and illustrator James Burks, creator of the series Agent 9 and Bird & Squirrel.
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 more information.
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Celebrate the New Year with crafts, an Up-Down Balloon Drop and Baby Balloon Drop at Noon, and a second Balloon Drop at 3:00 pm!
Girl Scouts Art and Adventure Sleepover
Brownies are invited to sleep over at the Charles M. Museum! Design your own stamp and letterbox. Experience art, cartooning, animation, and the Schulz Museum after dark!