◼︎ Upcoming: July 13 at 2 PM: Dewey Livingston Book Signing and Lecture ◼︎







◼︎ Upcoming: July 13 at 2 PM: Dewey Livingston Book Signing and Lecture ◼︎
The current exhibit features the 150 year history of the Tomales Town Hall. Built and run entirely by volunteers, the Tomales Town Hall is a fun and vital part of life in Tomales, West Marin, and the Sonoma Coast. Come learn the quirky, humorous, and moving story of how locals built one of the oldest continuously used public spaces in California, how successive generations have added to that story, and what the next chapter holds.
Before the European explorers and pioneers, the shoreline region was home to the Coast Miwok people.
Most came seeking opportunity or adventure, and they left their marks in countless ways.
The region’s agriculture industry is traced to the earliest pioneers who raised dairy cattle, produced butter and cheese, and grew potatoes and grain here.
Railroad fever was sweeping the country when the North Pacific Coast line was incorporated in 1871.
Tomales High School opened on August 5th, 1912, with two rooms and twenty-three students.
Take yourself on a self-guided walking tour of the village of Tomales on your next visit!
Tomales Regional History Center is run entirely by volunteers and we rely on the support of our community. Won’t you step up?
Our exhibits and events open to the public. Welcome in!
Year Round: Saturday & Sunday 1:00 PM — 4:00 PM
Closed: Christmas Day, New Years Day
Or by appointment: Contact us
Tomales Regional History Center (map)
26701 Highway One
Tomales, CA 94971
For our mission statement, please see the About page.
“[H]istory can untie our minds, our bodies, our disposition to move — to engage life rather than contemplating it as an outsider. It can do this by widening our view to include the silent voices of the past, so that we look beyond the silence of the present.”