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Programs

San Rafael History Walks
Join a walking tour with the Marin History Museum and discover the history of San Rafael's colorful downtown area.
Third Saturday of the month, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16 and September 20

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Dorothea Lange at Steep Ravine Weekend
Join us for two programs presented in conjunction with the Bolinas Museum for the closing weekend of the exhbition A Life Surrounding a Cabin: Dorothea Lange at Steep Ravine.

Screening of Meg Partridge's film Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life
Friday, August 15, 2008, 7 pm
Location:
Bolinas Firehouse
100 Mesa Road, Bolinas

Memories of a Place: Steep Ravine
Round table discussion with Dorothea Lange's family and friends
Saturday, August 16, 2008, 3 pm
Location:

Bolinas Museum Courtyard*
*Seating is limited: RSVP to 415/485-0164 x3# or email barb@marinhistory.org 

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Riding the Rails Programs
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Other events for train enthusiasts of all ages to be announced.

Parking is available to Museum visitors on weekdays after 5pm and weekends all day at Westamerica Bank and Circle Bank, 5th Avenue and B Street.

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School train cartoon from Tamalpais High School yearbook, 1924. (MHM Collection)

 


Fourth Street, San Rafael, 1885.
(MHM collection)

 

Dorothea Lange, Untitled, 1960
Copyright the Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, The City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.

 

Passengers in gravity car, 1905.
Inset: Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway time card, n.d. (MHM collection)