A Message to Friends and Supporters of the Museum

Welcome to the Amador Livermore Valley Historical Society and Pleasanton's Museum on Main website!

Pleasanton's Museum on Main is a delightful place to visit, a place where you and your family, friends and guests will experience and take pleasure in our history in an engaging and exciting manner by interacting with our exhibits and participating in our educational programs and attractive events. Our Ghost Walk, Historic Home Stroll, Heritage Days, Ed Kinney Lecture Series, Wines and Valentines' Dinner and Museum Week activities are appealing to the taste and heart of the community.

Through our website you have a chance to know more about us. Check out the Amador Livermore Valley Historical Society and Pleasanton's Museum on Main in person at 603 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566.

Thank you for your continuous support! We look forward to welcoming you at our Museum.

The Museum on Main tells the fascinating stories of those who came before — illustrating characters, places and events that have shaped our community. These tales capture the hearts of people in our community today, enabling them to connect with our rich heritage.

The Museum on Main is the steward of our community's historical treasures. It is an archive and library of important documents and photographs, and the administrator for items of significant importance to our community. Through our children's education center, museum library and archive, and dynamic exhibits it speaks to the character of Pleasanton.

The Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society (ALVHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to linking the past to the future by preserving, clarifying and disseminating information about history specific to this region.

Founded in 1963, ALVHS currently carries out its mission through the following programs and projects:

	Permanent and temporary exhibits in the Museum on Main
	Guest lectures, slide shows and panel discussions
	Tours for school groups, Scout troops and other youth and adult organizations
	Newsletters, e-letters, pamphlets and other publications
	Outreach to newcomers seeking links to the community
	Special events such as new exhibit previews and historically themed demonstrations and entertainment
	Oral history projects
	Educational programming for all volunteers
	Acquisition and preservation of fine historic artifacts, documents and photographs that enhance the role of the Museum on Main as an architectural and cultural resource.

Goals for the Museum on Main and the ALVHS are extensive:

	Increased cooperation with other educational and historical organizations
	Better-developed educational programs
	Improved curatorial efforts and greater outreach to community groups

ALVHS continues to expand its place in the community and to develop meaningful programs that help residents and guests interpret their past.