The Winters Museum

The Winters Museum is open 

Thursday through Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. 

Or contact the Museum for an appointment. 

Admission is free.

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Our exhibit--

Wide World of Winters' Sports

--is up and running now.

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Thank You!

Thank You!

We want to thank everyone for supporting the Historical Society of Winters and the Winters Museum during this year's Big Day of Giving!

New Monticello Exhibition Video

Remembering Monticello--A Final Look
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Take a guided tour of the recent Remembering Monticello exhibit at the Winters Museum  with narration by Carol McGinnis Fitzpatrick and Woody Fridae. 

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Open Now: Wide World of Winters Sports

Emperor of Norfolk was one of Theodore Winters' thoroughbred horses. 

It is generally agreed that Emperor of Norfolk was the most important horse born in California until Swaps came along 67 years later.

Open Now: Wide World of Winters Sports

Wide World of Winters' Sports


Tom Crisp, exhibit co-curator and primary collector, reports that the Winters Museum's Wide World of Winters Sports exhibit is up and running.

The exhibit banner is the work of Marilyn Autry.

The Winters Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM. Admission is free.

Who is this?

Local Player Is Pacific Coast League MVP!

This baseball player holds his Pacific Coast League MVP trophy. He was born in Winters; both of his parents were deaf. With one more hit, he would have averaged .300 for his 12-year major league career. Can you name him?

Learn his name and more about The Wide World of Winters Sports when you visit the Winters Museum. 

Museum Hours

Winters Museum Schedule

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Museum Location

The Winters History Museum is centrally located in downtown Winters at 13 Russell Street, on the corner of Russell and First Streets, a short walk from Buckhorn Steakhouse, Putah Creek Cafe, Preserve, Steady Eddy's, Ficelle, Hooby's, Chuy's, Pizza Factory, Ocean Restaurant, El Pueblo, Carboni's, Winters Hotel, Turkovich Family Wines, Berryessa Gap Tasting Room, L'Apéro les Trois, Winters City Hall, Winters Community Center, and Sam Spade's Office.    

Support the Winters Museum!

Support the Winters Museum with a donation to Historical Society of Winters.   

A Brief History of Winters

Newt Wallace writes his Express column

Thanks to the Winters Express for including an article which details the early history of our town in the Welcome to Winters 2020 publication. Please pick up a copy while they are available, or . . .

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More Winters History

The Saloons Have Moved!

A 1875 Los Angeles Herald news item mentions Buckeye and Winters. Learn how a decision regarding the routing of an extension of the Vaca Valley Railroad led to the demise of Buckeye and the rise of Winters. 

(Source: Tom Crisp's The People of Buckeye and Early Winters)

Buckeye and Early Winters. . .

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John Reid Wolfskill

John Reid Wolfskill, the area’s earliest American settler, 1842.

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Theodore Winters

The City got its name from early businessman Theodore Winters.

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The Winters Express

The first Express came off the press in February of 1884.

Read More. . .

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1975  Centennial

In 1975, The Winters Express printed a special supplement commemorating the Winters Centennial.

Read More. . .

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Books

Books. . . 

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Videos

Videos. . .

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