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.
Afterschool Acting for Peanuts Presents: A Sally Brown Christmas (Grades 3-6)
Spend 12 weeks exploring theater arts, then perform in the world premiere of A Sally Brown Christmas on the Schulz Museum’s stage!
OFFSITE: The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents The Story of the Peanuts’ Franklin
Join Schulz Museum Curator Benjamin L. Clark and cartoonist Robb Armstrong for a conversation about Franklin at the Walt Disney Family Museum.
Kids Night at the Museum: Camp Beagle Scout
This event is SOLD OUT. Click here to register for the next Kids Night on October 26. Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including a pizza dinner, games, crafts, and cartooning.
Beagle Scouts Book Binding Happy Hour
Adults 21+ are invited to sample local wines and learn to bind their own handmade, case-bound notebook with a Beagle Scouts twist!
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Day at the Farm
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, meet some of Snoopy’s real animal friends from Goatlandia, a local non-profit dedicated to rescuing farm animals. Meet live goats, craft a farm animal mask, build an animal pen, and make marshmallow sheep!
FREE Event: Jazz Connections
Author Derrick Bang will read from, discuss, and sign his Vince Guaraldi biography, followed by a live Family Music Matinee concert hosted by Healdsburg Jazz.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Scott Kurtz
Meet, watch, and talk to Scott Kurtz, creator of the Eisner and Harvey award-winning webcomic PvP and the adventure graphic novel series Table Titans.
Patchwork and Peanuts: A Quilting Weekend Workshop
Bring your sewing machines to a two-day Peanuts quilting workshop and complete a Peanuts-themed quilt top, sew a pillowcase, win door prizes, and more!
Homeschool Day: Here Come the Beagle Scouts!
Explore the exhibition Here Come the Beagle Scouts!, practice navigation skills, enjoy hands-on activities with Session Climbing and California Relay, and more. Also, ice skate at Snoopy's Home Ice from 12:30-2:00 pm.
Kids Night at the Museum: Tricks and Treats!
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. This month, trick-or-treat your way through the Schulz Museum starting at 11:00 am! From 10:00 am–Noon, make a spooky spider headband and tissue paper ghosts, mix up some potions, and watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on the big screen.
Friday Night Films: Citizen Kane
Experience the Oscar-winning classic Citizen Kane (1941) in conjunction with the exhibition Bravo, Snoopy! Peanuts and Pawpet Theater. Cost: $10.00. Members receive 20% off.
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 and Rex Hesner
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist Phil Witte and cartoon critic Rex Hesner as they discuss and sign their 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.
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. Check back for more information.
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: 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!
