Community Events

  • Join us at these events that the Guild provides for the community:

    • Family History Day | Oct. 18th 2025

      • Learn about the history of Novato families and explore your family history.

    • Pioneer Park Cemetery Tours | See schedule below for upcoming tour dates

      • Explore the lives of the pioneers who built our community and uncover the hidden stories of our past.

    • April 11, 2026

    • May 9, 2026

    • June 13, 2026

    • July 18, 2026

    • August 15, 2026

    • September 19, 2026

    To register for our tours.

  • Look for the Historical Guild at these community events

    • School Fuel

    • Farmers Market

    • Novato Art and Wine Festival

    • Fourth of July Parade

    • Tree Lighting Festival | December 6, 2025 (4:00-7:30PM)

  • See when the next membership meeting is scheduled below. Anyone interested in local history is welcome to attend!

    • Saturday, March 14, 2026

      • 10am-12pm at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue

    • Saturday, June 20, 2026

      • 10am-12pm at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue

    • Saturday, September 12, 2026

      • 10am-12pm at Hamilton Field History Museum, 555 Hanger Avenue

    • Saturday, December 12, 2026

      • 10am-12pm at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue

  • A Community Event Jointly Presented by Rotary Club of Ignacio, Rotary Club of Novato, Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise.

    • October 23, 2025

      • Mike Robbins, Embracing Change: Thriving Through Uncertainty

    • January 22, 2026

      • Christian Thwaites, Driving Ukraine

    • April 23, 2026

      • Captain Gil Rud, From the Prairie to the Pacific: A Blue Angels Journey

    • July 23, 2026

      • Tony Lindsay, A Soulful Evening with Tony Lindsay

    For more information and to purchase tickets please visit theNovato Speaker Series website.

Our Events

We Also Offer

  • We provide the following tours upon request. Please contact us if you would like to book a tour with us!

    • Hamilton Field History Museum

    • Novato History Museum

    • Walking Tour of Old Town Novato

  • Guild members can do informative power point presentations for your organization. Contact info@novatohistory.org

    • New Novato History Museum

    • Novato History, How We Got to Now.

    • Hamilton Field History

    • What is Museum Work

General Membership Meeting
Mar
14

General Membership Meeting

Legendary San Francisco homicide inspector and long-time Novato resident Frank Falzon will highlight his investigations from the turbulent 1970s and 1980s, including the Night Stalker, the Dan White City Hall murders, and the Zebra serial killings.

Anyone interested in Novato history is welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

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General Membership Meeting
Dec
13

General Membership Meeting

“Marin Tales”
A Presentation by Brian Crawford

In his decades of scanning old newspapers to research his books on local history, author and historian Bran Crawford has stumbled upon numerous odd and surprising stories.  He has collected 22 of them in his new book, Marin Tales.  In this illustrated presentation, Brian will share a few of those tales, including the proposed prismoidal railroad through Novato, and the mysterious Black Hole of Marin.

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