Kelley House Museum - Mendocino, CA

Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour
2025-09-17 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-01 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-08 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-15 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Visit the homes, hideouts, and hangouts of all of Mendocino’s well-known specters, and learn a little of the town’s history along the way. Hear about a stallion and rider who rode into the sea, a tragic shipwreck, a sickly child, and many more of the stories collected from nearly ten years our guide spent interviewing residents of these historic buildings. Your tour will last 1.5 to 2 hours. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Meet at the Kelley House Museum. Rob will be your guide. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth. PURCHASE TICKETS.

Historic District Walking Tour
2025-09-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-27 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-08 11:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Kelley House docents lead you on a beautiful and informative walking tour through the preserved-in-time 19th century town of Mendocino. Visit New England-style homes, find out why Mendocino is known as the city of water towers, admire 100-year-old roses, and marvel at how an art renaissance in the ‘60s led to the town’s preservation. Meet at the Kelley House Museum. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth. PURCHASE TICKETS.

"Murder, She Wrote" Walking Tour
2025-09-20 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-09-27 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-11 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-18 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-11-01 13:30 - 15:00 | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Angela Lansbury in the role of Jessica Fletcher while filming “Murder, She Wrote.” She is standing under the barber pole at Mitch’s Barber Shop on the corner of Lansing and Ukiah Streets.
Murder, She Wrote fans will enjoy this walking tour of the landmarks that appeared in the hit TV show starring Angela Lansbury, including the 1888 Victorian residence of her mystery-solving character Jessica Fletcher and the hotel that was home to many suspects and actors. GET TICKETS

Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour
2025-10-04 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Visit the homes, hideouts, and hangouts of all of Mendocino’s well-known specters, and learn a little of the town’s history along the way. Hear about a stallion and rider who rode into the sea, a tragic shipwreck, a sickly child, and many more of the stories collected from nearly ten years our guide spent interviewing residents of these historic buildings. Your tour will last 1.5 to 2 hours. Juliet will be your “spirit guide” on this tour. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Meet at the Kelley House Museum. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth. PURCHASE TICKETS.

"A Woman's Place Was Everywhere" Opening Reception with Local Businesswomen
2025-10-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Opening Reception Honoring Local Businesswomen
Raise a glass to some of the local businesswomen who work so valiantly to keep you fed, clothed, well-read, and entertained! We’re celebrating their role in our community as a way to kick off the winter exhibit “A Woman’s Place Was Everywhere: How Working Women Shaped Mendocino.” Through diaries, photos, and oral histories, this exhibit tells the lesser-known stories of entrepreneurs, nurses, artists, teachers, madams, and philanthropists who laid the foundation for the Mendocino we know today. Discover how their creativity, resilience, and hard work—both paid and unpaid—shaped the legacy of the Mendocino Coast in ways history books often overlook. Nominate your own local heroine, past or present, during your visit. Bring a photo if you have one. Exhibit runs through March 29, 2026.

Admission is free but kindly RSVP below.
Wine generously donated by Handley Cellars, in honor of founder and pioneering female vintner, Milla Handley.

Historic District Weekday Tour
2025-10-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Kelley House Museum, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA, 95460, United States
Kelley House docents lead you on a beautiful and informative walking tour through the preserved-in-time 19th century town of Mendocino. Visit New England-style homes, find out why Mendocino is known as the city of water towers, admire 100-year-old roses, and marvel at how an art renaissance in the ‘60s led to the town’s preservation. Meet at the Kelley House Museum. PURCHASE TICKETS.

60th Anniversary Reception & Screening of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming"
2025-11-09 14:00 - 18:00 | CA
Reception: free
Screening: $15
Brace yourself for a comedic “invasion” on the coast as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming, a Cold War classic shot almost entirely on the Mendocino Coast.
2pm-3:30pm: Reception and Pop-Up Exhibit. Noyo Center for Marine Science’s Field Station (used as a filming location) at 32430 N. Harbor Drive in Fort Bragg. Enjoy snacks and drinks as you meet local residents who were extras during the film’s production. Don’t miss the Kelley House Museum’s pop-up exhibit full of memorabilia, which will be on display at the reception and includes historic photos of the premiere at Coast Cinemas. Free admission. Wine donated by Bee Hunter.
4pm-6pm: 60th Anniversary Screening of The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming. Coast Cinemas, 135 S. Franklin St. Fort Bragg. During production, the Fort Bragg Advocate News described the comedic plot as, “the accidental grounding of a Russian submarine because its skipper wanted to get a closer look at the United States. The sub gets hung up on a sandbar and the plot unfolds as the crew determines ways of getting away at the same time Americans are mistaking the accident as an invasion.” The cast included Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin, Eva Marie Saint, Jonathan Winters, Brian Keith, and Ben Blue, plus plenty of locals. Tickets $15
The event is jointly hosted by the Mendocino Film Festival, the Kelley House Museum, and the Noyo Center for Marine Science.
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