by BHM Offices | May 21, 2020 | Benicia History, News & Notes
After a year and a half of renovations, on May 19, 1985, the former Benicia Arsenal Building #9 became the Camel Barn Museum and opened its doors to the public. 35 years later, the Benicia Historical Museum celebrates the hard work and dedication of the many...
by BHM Offices | Apr 28, 2020 | Benicia History, News & Notes
By Executive Director Elizabeth d’Huart, March 20, 2020 As I was preparing the Spring edition of the Museum newsletter, I received the Solano County “Shelter in Place” notification, an unsurprising development considering other neighboring county...
by BHM Offices | Apr 14, 2020 | Benicia History, News & Notes
By Brendan Riley Published in the Vallejo Times-Herald, March 29, 2020 Captain Matthew Turner designed and built more watercraft than any other American shipbuilder working at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – a total of 228 brigantines, sloops,...
by BHM Offices | Oct 19, 2019 | Benicia History, Exhibits, News & Notes
Our newest permanent exhibit Gallery, The Birth of Benicia, had its official opening on Friday, November 15. The latest update in the ongoing renovation of the Museum’s permanent exhibit offerings features Robert Semple – Founding Father, The Vision, Semple and the...
by BHM Offices | Nov 16, 2018 | Benicia History, From the Archives, News & Notes
by Beverly Phelan Ferry service in Benicia dates back to 1847 after Robert Semple and Thomas Larkin purchased the City’s section of the Suscol Grant from Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. One of the conditions set by Vallejo for the sale of the land grant acreage was that a...
by BHM Offices | Sep 5, 2018 | From the Archives, News & Notes
by Beverly Phelan The Majestic Theatre in Downtown Benicia opened with great fanfare on February 23, 1920. By 7:30 PM – opening time – there were more than 1200 people waiting to be admitted, with only half of the people fortunate enough to get in at the first show!...
