Come and discover how artifacts from the Rancho Cumulus Museum became part of an exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington DC in 2017.

On September 26 at 1:00 PM at the Rancho Camulos Museum join Dr. Margie Brown-Coronel as she shares the story of how artifacts from that museum became part of an exhibit called “Many Voices One Nation” in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington D.C. in 2017.
That ongoing exhibit traces the 500-year journey of diverse cultures meeting and shaping American society. Within the exhibit, in the historical period about “Incorporating Western Lands”, the “Mexican California “segment is represented by the Spanish Mexican del Valle family. The del Valle’s had received the 1839 Mexican Land Grant of 48,000-acre Rancho San Francisco and then later they lived and preserved their culture at their rancho in the westernmost portion of that area known as Camulos.
Dr. Brown-Coronel who is currently an Associate Professor of History at California State University Fullerton played a major role in getting that story and the collection of Camulos artifacts from numerous sources included in the exhibit. Her other current research interests explore the intersection of Public History and US Latina History.
Tickets for the presentation are available online at ranchocamulos.org and at the door. The museum is located at 5164 E Telegraph Rd, Piru. Additional information about the artifacts from the museum that are included in the exhibit at the Smithsonian are on the museum website as well as on SCVhistory.com.