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Museum Hours: The museum is temporarily closed for renovation and is scheduled to re-open in the Fall semester of 2008.
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| Museum Director: | Curator of Educational Services: | Exhibits Specialist: |
| Dr. Sandra Hollimon | Dr. Margaret Bond | Christine Vasquez |
The SRJC Museum houses collections of ethnographic art from throughout the Americas and parts of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Permanent exhibits include the following: Pomo Roundhouse Model and Basketry,Plains and Plateau, Southwest Jewelry, Hopi Pueblo Model with Kachina Dolls, and Pueblo Pottery. There are a number of rotating, temporary exhibits that change on a regular basis to serve the needs of Santa Rosa Junior College classes. These temporary exhibits include additional Native North American art, Mesoamerican and South American art, Hispanic art, African and African-American art, and Asian art.
The museum is a primary resource for multicultural studies in the SRJC curriculum. The exhibits and collections serve as a laboratory for anthropology and Native American studies and provide study materials for other Ethnic Studies and American Cultures courses. Dr. Margaret Bond, Curator of Educational Services, is available to consult with instructors who wish to plan museum-based assignments, and the museum staff will create special exhibits customized for the curriculum needs of individual instructors.
Two SRJC students study a Washo basket during a class assignment in the museum.
The museum is open for staff and self-guided tours. Tours include hands-on activities such as grinding corn in mortars and pestles and the use of pump drills. In an effort to continue and expand educational programs, a minimal fee is required for these services. Please call the museum for details.
Elementary school students using pump drills and mortars and pestles during their museum visit.
Each spring on the first Sunday in May, Santa Rosa Junior College holds A Day Under the Oaks, an open house and community education fair. At this time the SRJC Museum sponsors an annual Spring Gathering of Native Americans, featuring traditional dancing, craft demonstrations, and children's activities. In the photo an Elem Colony dancer performs a Pomo feather dance at a past gathering during A Day Under the Oaks.
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