Founded in 1913, the Ventura County Museum of History & Art houses an unparalleled collection of over 26,000 works of art and historical artifacts, representing the entire scope of the county’s history and art, from earliest Native Americans to the 21st century. The museum is located at 100 E. Main St. in downtown Ventura and is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $4 for ages 18-16, $3 for seniors, and $1 for children 6-17. Children under 5 and museum members are admitted free. For more information, call 653-0323 or visit www.venturamuseum.org.
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author to speak at museum
January 26, 2005
Santa Paula News
On Saturday, February 12, the Ventura County Museum of History & Art presents “Searching for Cover: Photographers, Photography, and the Farmworker Experience in California,” a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Richard Steven Street.
On Saturday, February 12, the Ventura County Museum of History & Art presents “Searching for Cover: Photographers, Photography, and the Farmworker Experience in California,” a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Richard Steven Street. Seating is limited. Call the museum at 653-0323 ext. 10 for reservations. The cost is $10 for museum members, $15 for non-members. The presentation coincides with the museum’s current exhibition, “Harvest: The Rural Landscape of Gail Pidduck,” which features paintings celebrating the unique landscape of Ventura County and its farm workers.Richard Steven Street spent more than 30 years studying farm workers throughout the west. The images he collected are the focus of his book, “Photographing Farmworkers in California” (Stanford University Press, 2004). He will also discuss his book, “Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913” (Stanford University Press, 2004). Both books have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
