WELCOME!
Thank you for your interest in the history of Richmond, California! Please consider visiting the museum and travel through time with us to learn about what Richmond was like in the past. Visitors describe the Richmond Museum of History as a hidden jewel of the East Bay!

New for Spring 2013 are three recently installed mini-exhibits including Photography of Ellis Myers, Toy Banks from the Museum Permanent Collections, and Historical Dolls from the Permanent Collection (curated by volunteer Teresa Schall).

The Richmond Museum of History is excited to be a part of the National Park Service (NPS) Trading Cards Program beginning in February 2013. Participation in the program includes asking museum staff and volunteers about the Home Front Experience in the City of Richmond and you will receive a free trading card with a photo and historical information. Collect all eight cards by visiting the various NPS sites of the Rosie the Riveter Home Front Park and Pt. Chicago. Learn more about the program at http://www.nps.gov/rori/forkids/tradingcards.htm

NPS RORI/Pt. Chicago Equal Right to Work Trading Cards available only at the Richmond Museum of History and the SS Red Oak Victory Ship.

The Richmond Museum of History is delighted to announce the opening reception for the upcoming spring exhibit on Semi-Pro Baseball in Richmond will take place on Sunday April 14, 2013 at 2 PM. The exhibit will explore the once thriving world of semi- pro baseball in Richmond through the extensive Richmond Independent and Daily Herald Journal Newspapers in the Museum’s permanent collection.

The Richmond Museum needs YOUR help in telling this story! Please contact the museum at (510) 235-7387 if you have objects, photos, or personal accounts that are significant to the story of baseball in Richmond.

Richmond Baseball Players Ned Brown (right) and Art Schimpff (left), ca. 1918