“Preserving the Past for the Future”

Alameda Museum Lecture Series

FREE for members and $10 for others. Join now to save on the series. Memberships: $20 Senior, $30 Adult, & $20 for each extra partner. No reserved seats; come early to save a place and enjoy the exhibits in the History Hall and the Art Gallery. Doors open at 6:30 and close at 7:10. Ample parking is available in the Parking Garage on Oak St. at Central Ave. Topics may change without notice. For lecture information please leave a message for Judith Lynch at (510)748-0796 or check www.alamedamuseum.org.


• Thursday March 29, 7:00 pm: "Underneath It All: Alameda Infrastructure,” Alameda Sun publishers and authors Dennis Evanosky and Eric Kos. Underwritten by Erik and Ginger Schuler, Realtors, Harbor Bay.

• Thursday April 26, 7:00 pm: “Monuments of Alameda,” by Judith Lynch. Underwritten by Judith, member, City of Alameda Historical Advisory Board and member, Alameda Museum board.

• Thursday May 31, 7:00 pm: “Early East Bay Women Architects - Mildred S. Meyers and her Contemporaries,” a talk by Inge Schaefer Horton, author of Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: The Lives and Work of Fifty Professionals, 1890-1951. Underwritten by Janelle Spatz, Realtor, Bayside Real Estate.

• Thursday, June 28, 7:00 pm: “A Century of Public Transportation in San Francisco" Local author and transportation buff Grant Ute on his new book. Underwritten by Peter Fletcher, Real Estate Broker, Prudential California Realty.

• Thursday July 26, 2012: “Years of Power: Celebrating the 125th anniversary of Alameda Municipal Power," behind the scenes in the second city in the entire United States to electrify. Sponsored by Alameda Municipal Power.

• Thursday, August 30, 7:00 pm: "Research and Findings" How we discovered the truth about Alameda’s oldest commercial building, the Encinal Saloon, aka Gim’s Chinese Restaurant with Kevin “the Diligent” Frederick. Underwritten by Robbie Dileo, President, Alameda Museum.

• Thursday, September 27, 7:00 pm: "Worthy Works: the WPA in Alameda" Joy Pratt based on research by Joy and Carol Chamberlin. Underwritten by the Law Offices of Susan Jeffries.



Click here for a list of all past lectures: Alameda Museum lecture Series, 2001-2010.