Welcome to Kelley House Museum!

About the Kelley House Museum

The mission of the Kelley House Museum is to collect, preserve and share the rich history of the Mendocino Coast. Founded in 1972, Kelley House Museum, Inc. maintains a beautiful house museum and gardens, as well as the Mendocino Coast’s only museum-quality storage facility and staffed research office. Our research archives represent over 150 years of Mendocino coastal history. Collections include historic photo collections, local genealogical data, research documents and publications. Over 3000 entries of maps, documents, books, photographs, oral histories and artifacts from our collection are searchable through our site.

The Kelley House Museum is an historic house museum in the heart of Mendocino, California, a picturesque town of 1,000 people. The home was built in 1861 by William Kelly (sp), one of Mendocino’s founding fathers, and now contains 19th Century furniture. The ocean-view home sits on an acre of gardens, with a pond and three resident geese. William had the pond built and stocked so that the neighborhood children could fish.

Did You Know?

We offer Walking Tours of the Mendocino National Historic Preservation District. Tours leave from the Kelley House Museum every Saturday at 11 am, and last for an hour and a half.

History Mystery

John Uhlar captured this image of a waitress at the Bay View Cafe in the late 1970's. Who is this lovely lady?

John Uhlar captured this image of a waitress at the Bay View Cafe in the late 1970's. Who is this lovely lady?

 

Father Time and the Maiden Big River Logjam Racing on the Mendocino Headlands in the 1930s The J.M.Griffith in Mendocino Bay Kwan Tai Temple Loggers working a Tall Redwood Closeup of Loggers on a Redwood Point Cabrillo Lighthouse Wells Fargo Stage in Mendocino Logging Camp on Big River

Around the House

Sunday Afternoon With…

July 16th, 2010 by nancy

If you are a fan of old movies made in Mendocino you’ll want to come early to the Kelley House Museum on Sunday, July 25, at 3 p.m. to get a good seat. A Sunday Afternoon With…”The Making of the Movies in Mendocino” is the event. Local historian Bruce Levene is bringing the black and white home movies to show…you get to be the audience. So what do you get to see? Twenty minutes of Johnny Belinda (1947), eleven minutes of East of Eden (1954), 100 minutes of The Russians Are Coming (1964) and some footage of Frenchman’s Creek…complete with pirate ships in the Albion River!

Hope you’ll join us on Sunday at the Kelley House, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino. 707-937-5791 $5 members; $7 non-members

31st Annual Silent Auction

July 11th, 2009 by nancy

Save the Date! October 1 & 2, 2010

There are two easy ways that you can support the Kelley House Museum Silent Auction. We need your collectibles and estate sale items. If you’re cleaning out the garage, downsizing, moving, or just reducing clutter, call us now. Or, you can attend the auction. It’s fun, and there are some great buys! Unique items, both new and used, that make great gifts. — Read the rest of this entry —

July 4th Celebration

July 7th, 2010 by nancy

The weather was perfect, and everyone enjoyed a relaxing afternoon on the Kelley House lawn listening to Kevin and the Coconuts. We want to thank all of our sponsors for making this a great fundraiser for us. Please say “thanks” next time you meet one our of sponsors.

Clover Stornetta Farms
CVS
Frey Vineyards
Goldeneye Winery
Harbor Ice
Husch Vineyards
Kevin & the Coconuts
Matt Rowlands
North Coast Brewing Company
Old Gold

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