Winters Museum

Winters Museum is a member of the Winters Big Day of Giving Collaboration. Support Winters Nonprofits

The Winters Museum is a volunteer organization. We rely upon donations to fund our exhibits, pay our rent, and support our activities.  A Big Day of Giving donation will help us continue our efforts to honor the past and preserve the history of the Winters area.

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Interactive Technology 

The Winters Museum would like to expand the experiences of our visitors, especially students in the Winters schools, by introducing new interactive technology to promote educational and cultural enrichment. The goals of the grant would be to:

• Purchase user-friendly multi-touch tables, kiosks, and monitors that allow groups to interact.
• Program new technology using the Museum archives and interactive software.
• Sustain the new innovative technology.
• Interface with the Winters Joint Unified School District by developing a new curriculum that students can use either in classes, small groups, or individually.

As a new project, funding is needed to purchase the equipment, software, and the initial set-up support. We anticipate that the project will cost $50,000 over the next three years.

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Examples of user-friendly interactive technology:

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Winters Japantown Monument

Our major event of 2024 was the installation and dedication of the Winters Japantown Monument to honor the Pre-war Japanese Community of Winters. The May 4th Dedication surpassed our expectations. Since then, we have added new brickwork and a pathway. Work continues on seating, landscaping, lighting, and developing a long-term maintenance plan.

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The Dedication Day crowd gathers at 
the Winters Japantown Monument.

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General Fund (Facility and New Exhibit Fund)

This year, the Winters Museum is raising funds for our General Fund (Facility and New Exhibit Fund).

The Winters Museum aims to present at least two exhibits per year, with an estimated cost of $3,000 per exhibit. We expanded our space and brought back two great exhibits over the last two years. The first is "Remembering Monticello," which documents the community that existed just a few miles to the west of Winters and was displaced by the construction of the dam that created Lake Berryessa. The second one is The Lost Japanese Community of Winters. We recently closed a featured exhibit titled The Journey from Spain to Winters, opened the Mexican Bracero & Foodways Exhibit, and are planning the return of the Honoring Winters Veterans Exhibit in September.

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The Journey from Spain to Winters

The Lost Japanese Community of Winters

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Members of the Winters Fortnightly Club gather to view 
Our Winters Businesses Exhibit

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The new ones will join the list of exhibitions that we have presented:

• The Journey from Spain to Winters
• Our Winters Businesses
• Take a Look Back at Winters History
• Wide World of Winters Sports
• Remembering Monticello
• The Lost Japanese Community of Winters
• Honoring Winters Veterans
• Celebrating Winters Agriculture
• The Winters Plein Air Festival
• Reliving Winters Youth Days
• Featuring the Winters Express

We hope to secure $3,000 needed to cover the costs of our next round of exhibits and $3,000 for our facility expansion expenses, including improvements to our lighting, display units, and signage.

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