Current Exhibits
Brickworks
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"Bear Flag 3-D" by K. MacLennan
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Brickmaking was one of Pleasanton's first industries, so an exhibit of LEGO® sculptures is a natural fit for Museum on Main. Builders from around the Bay Area will show off their original creations on subjects and themes related to California and the Tri-Valley area. Participants will include members of the Bay Area LEGO® Users Group, which has provided networking and display opportunities for LEGO® users around the Bay Area since 1998.
The Jean P. Jones Gallery
Our permanent exhibit Growing Pleasanton uses objects, images, and narrative to follow the history of this area and its peoples from the Ohlone tribes who first lived here to the suburban community of today's city. You can learn more about Growing Pleasanton here.
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Kid's Corner
Kids are welcome to drop in and explore the Kid's Corner! The Kid's Corner is an exhibit area designed for preschool through early elementary ages with dress up, craft activities, books, old time games, and more. Activities change periodically throughout the year, so drop by and see what's new!
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2022 Upcoming Exhibits
Imagination Expressed 2022
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Our annual collaboration with the Pleasanton Art League that provides a look at the talents of our local Tri Valley artists.
Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights
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At last, in April of 1977, frustration turned into bold action. A diverse coalition launched protests across the country, and in San Francisco, more than 100 people began a 26-day occupation of the Federal Building to insist on getting civil rights. On April 30, the occupiers emerged victorious from the longest unarmed take-over of a federal building in US history after the Head of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) had finally added his signature to the 504 regulations.
Patient No More provides content that can be applied to the classroom to satisfy the disability curriculum requirement of California’s 2011 Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. In addition, the traveling exhibit includes exhibition text in braille, large-print panels, audio description tracks, and audio-described and captioned videos to make the show as accessible as possible.
Patient No More provides content that can be applied to the classroom to satisfy the disability curriculum requirement of California’s 2011 Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. In addition, the traveling exhibit includes exhibition text in braille, large-print panels, audio description tracks, and audio-described and captioned videos to make the show as accessible as possible.
Horse Racing at the Fair
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A historic look at horse racing at the Alameda County Fair, home of the country's oldest one mile race track, over the past century and a half.
California Votes
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Despite California’s influence on our nation’s politics, voter turnout in California falls below the national average. While the political focus is usually at the federal and state levels, local political issues have a greater impact on our everyday lives. In both English and Spanish, California Votes: Exercise Your Right! breaks down the importance of voting, demystifies referendums and ballot measures, highlights political ephemera in your collection, and encourages your visitors to make their voices heard on the local, state, and national levels.
Phobias
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Our annual look at those things that we are afraid of.
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women
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Illuminating the hardships, joys, and lives of female pioneers, Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women highlights first-person stories from the women who traveled by land or sea to settle in California prior to statehood.
In 1900, The Association of Pioneer Women of California formed and collected the reminiscences of women who arrived in California before 1854 in a single ledger. This incredible document, filled with over 800 handwritten stories of California pioneer women and in the collection of The Society of California Pioneers, is the basis for this exhibition. Together, the ledger and exhibition create a more complete and balanced understanding of our shared history, by highlighting the voices of women who traveled to California.
The ledger, however, does not represent all women. As such, an important section of the exhibition is comprised of forty diverse portraits of unidentified women. These women represent the thousands of pioneers whose stories were never recorded; each one had a story to tell which is lost to time.
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women is an exhibition from The Society of California Pioneers and tours through Exhibit Envoy.
In 1900, The Association of Pioneer Women of California formed and collected the reminiscences of women who arrived in California before 1854 in a single ledger. This incredible document, filled with over 800 handwritten stories of California pioneer women and in the collection of The Society of California Pioneers, is the basis for this exhibition. Together, the ledger and exhibition create a more complete and balanced understanding of our shared history, by highlighting the voices of women who traveled to California.
The ledger, however, does not represent all women. As such, an important section of the exhibition is comprised of forty diverse portraits of unidentified women. These women represent the thousands of pioneers whose stories were never recorded; each one had a story to tell which is lost to time.
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women is an exhibition from The Society of California Pioneers and tours through Exhibit Envoy.