Join Nathan Hale, author and illustrator of the Eisner-nominated, New York Times bestselling graphic novel series on American history Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, for a live exclusive hazardous tale and book signing. Hale will be drawing live, telling tales, and talking about his wacky, all-new series, The Mighty Bite.
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities on the last Monday of the month. Activities are designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers.
Meet, watch, and talk to Armand Baltazar, creator of the epic illustrated middle-grade adventure series Timeless. Baltazar has also worked for DreamWorks, Disney, and Pixar.
Bring the whole family for a live musical performance by 6th Street Playhouse! Showings are at the following times:
• Saturday, September 16, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm
• Sunday, September 17, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm
Bring the whole family for a live musical performance by 6th Street Playhouse! Showings are at the following times:
• Saturday, September 23, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm
• Sunday, September 24, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm
This event is SOLD OUT. Drop your kids off for after-hours fun! Kids will have the Museum to themselves to explore our newest exhibition, It’s Time for School, Charlie Brown!, and enjoy pizza, games, and fall crafts, including a spooky beaded backpack charm, popcorn and apple snacks, and bookmarks and pencil toppers. Recommended for ages 5–10.
Even if all you heard from the teacher was, “Wah, wah, wah,” school memories never fade away. At the bus stop, in class, lunchtime, classroom crushes, show and tell, homework—when it comes to the Peanuts gang, there’s a lot to learn! See original Peanuts art by Charles M. Schulz, alongside vintage school-related products, and relive the days of lunchboxes and learning—with plenty of laughs!
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of the month.
Enjoy a FREE family matinee concert hosted by Healdsburg Jazz with artist Terrence Brewer and his quartet. They will perform original music and music by composer Vince Guaraldi, best known for his songs in the Peanuts animated specials.
Explore the exhibition Snoopy in Orbit while learning about our solar system and what lies beyond through hands-on crafts and activities! Also, ice skate at Snoopy’s Home Ice from 12:30–2:00 pm. Advance registration is required.
This event is SOLD OUT. Make a variety of treats and crafts with Norene Cox, creator of partypinching.com. Create a Great Pumpkin candleholder, Snoopy skeleton snacks, and more. Recommended for ages 6-16.
Meet, watch, and talk to Jen de Oliveira, creator of the webcomic Reggie and the new graphic novel Reggie: Kid Penguin (June 2023).
This event is SOLD OUT. Adults are invited to get into the Halloween spirit in this fun workshop led by Norene Cox, creator of partypinching.com. Enjoy adult beverages while creating crafts and treats, including a Great Pumpkin candle holder, leaf lollipop brownies, and more.
Join author and certified facial coding expert Dan Hill for a lively look at the personalities of the Peanuts gang as revealed by their signature facial expressions.
Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including a pizza dinner, games, crafts, and cartooning. Recommended for ages 5-10.
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of the month. Drop-ins welcome! Register online or at the door.
This event it SOLD OUT. Girl Scout Juniors will complete all five steps to earn and receive their Entertainment Technology badge in person at the Schulz Museum. Participants will have fun creating short movies using a green screen and sound effects while completing other hands-on technology challenges.
Each decade of Peanuts brought something new. Charles M. Schulz constantly experimented, testing new characters, settings, and gags. Kicking off a new exhibition series, discover how the 1950s decade shaped Peanuts and brought in beloved additions, like Snoopy atop his doghouse, and the introduction of mainstay characters, like Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus!
MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell celebrates the release of his new original graphic novel The Super Hero’s Journey with a live conversation with Charles Kochman, editor-in-chief of Abrams ComicArts, followed by a book signing.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with crafts, activities, and screenings of the movie on the big screen. At 2:00 pm, Jason Mendelson of Lee Mendelson Film Productions will talk about the history of the animated special and its music.
Morning and afternoon camps are available in art, animation, cartooning, and more. Need full-day coverage? Kids enrolled in a morning and an afternoon camp will stay all day, including a supervised lunch at the Museum!
Join cartoonist and storyteller Joe Wos for live performances and cartoon workshops throughout the day!
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of the month.
Girl Scout Cadettes will earn and receive their Comic Artist badge in this special hands-on workshop at the Schulz Museum. Museum staff will teach Cadettes how to develop stories and characters and create a four-panel comic strip from beginning to end while completing all five steps of the Comic Artist badge. Girl Scouts can attend in person at the Museum or online.
Join award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, creator of American Born Chinese (now a Disney+ TV series), as he welcomes The Books of Clash. Yang will discuss his work, followed by a book signing and live Clash Royale tournament for prizes!
Assemble and decorate Snoopy’s doghouse out of gingerbread, complete with a marshmallow Snoopy on top!
Morning and afternoon camps are available in art, animation, cartooning, and more. Need full-day coverage? Kids enrolled in a morning and an afternoon camp will stay all day, including a supervised lunch at the Museum! (Please pack a lunch for your child if you choose this option.) Fee assistance is available.
Celebrate the New Year with an Up-Down Balloon Drop and Baby Balloon Drop (for ages 4 and under and their families) at Noon! Plus, enjoy crafts and activities!
This event is SOLD OUT. No waitlist available. Award-winning actor (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and New York Times bestselling author Bob Odenkirk and illustrator Erin Odenkirk will discuss and sign their new book Zilot & Other Important Rhymes. Tickets Required.
Meet, watch, and talk to Yasmeen Abedifard, an Iranian-American cartoonist, illustrator, and animator based in the Bay Area. Abedifard received the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic in 2023.
Join Bay Area cartoonists, including Rina Ayuyang, Briana Loewinsohn, Thien Pham, Jason Shiga, and Julia Wertz, to celebrate their new books with live comic readings followed by a book signing.
This event is SOLD OUT. Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning. Kids will have the Museum to themselves as they explore the world of animation to make their own short, hand-drawn and stop-motion movies; watch a short Peanuts movie on the big screen (with popcorn!); and more! Recommended for ages 5-10.
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of each month.
This event is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Brownies are invited to sleep over at the Charles M. Schulz Museum! Troops will complete all five steps of the Letterboxer badge and receive their badge at the event. Design a stamp and letterbox. Then search the Museum for clues left by other Troops while experiencing the Schulz Museum after dark! Pizza dinner and continental breakfast are included.
Meet, watch, and talk to animator and illustrator Amber Rankin, whose work includes animated ads for mobile games and 2D character animation on the short films Let’s Eat and Amped.
This event is SOLD OUT. Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including a pizza dinner, games, crafts, and cartooning. Plus, watch the brand-new Peanuts animated special Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin! (Apple TV+) about how Franklin makes friends with Charlie Brown and the gang. Recommended for ages 5-10.
Prepare for the Museum’s upcoming exhibition Cowabunga, Peanuts! with hands-on activities about the ocean, water, waves, and more. Make an ocean in a bottle, explore the differences between salt and fresh water, and dive deep into environmental science. Also, ice skate at Snoopy’s Home Ice from 12:30 pm–2:00 pm. Registration required.
This event is SOLD OUT. Adults are invited to have fun learning to draw with professional cartoonist Justin Thompson while enjoying adult beverages, too!
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of each month.
Explore over 50 family-friendly activities, including the science of animation at the Schulz Museum table, for FREE at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
Meet, watch, and talk to illustrator Raul Higuera-Cortez, whose work includes the road-trip mystery San Expedito, Paranoir, and others.
Join the Peanuts gang as they head to the beach for fun in the sun, sand, and surf! Throughout Peanuts, the beach became the setting for many memorable and fun days, including the introduction of Franklin, sightings of Joe Cool, Linus’s epic sandcastles, and Sally’s beachball adventures. See original Peanuts comic strip art, animation cels, vintage toys, and more! Generously sponsored by GoGo squeeZ and and Sea Ranch Abalone Bay.
Learn cartooning, animation, art, and ice skating! Visit schulzmuseum.org/classes-camps/ for a schedule, or call (707) 284-1263.
This event is held offsite: Montgomery Village – Courtyard (911 Village Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95405) Who is Snoopy: Learn about local icon Charles Schulz and his most famous character, Snoopy! By creating several crafts to take home, including a Snoopy puppet, and Snoopy ears to wear!
Enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1–5 and their caregivers. Held on the last Monday of each month.
Bring the whole family for FREE admission all day! From 10:00 am–3:00 pm, meet Snoopy, visit Sonoma County Library’s mobile BiblioBus, and enjoy hands-on activities with First 5 California. At 2:00 pm, celebrate the 50th anniversary of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, with Jason Mendelson of Lee Mendelson Film Productions.
This event is SOLD OUT. Adults are invited to transform a flat Peanuts image into a layered paper shadow box scene like the ones in the Museum’s Peek-a-boo Box exhibit while sampling wines from Quivira Vineyards, known for their organic farming methods and co-fermentation, phased harvesting and barrel aging.
Meet, watch, and talk to Breena Nuñez, whose comics appear in The New Yorker and in the anthologies Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology, Drawing Power (Eisner Award Winner, 2020), and Be Gay, Do Comics! (Ignatz Award Winner, 2020).
