Nancy, Barb and I decided to explore the Charles M. Schulz Museum here in Santa Rosa. Yes, they have an entire museum dedicated to that famous Peanuts cartoonist. It is composed of three buildings and gardens.
The main building houses the museum itself. Enter to see the famous Lucy psychiatrist stand. Although they show a movie in the entrance lobby area, we passed on this to give us more time to take in the museum.
Into the museum, our eyes looked ahead to view a mural of the famous Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown to kick. When we got up close to it we realized that the mural is composed of 3,588 Peanuts comic strip images printed on individual 2- by 8-inch ceramic tiles. We asked. We didn't count them.
Looking up towards the side, we saw a replica of Snoopy's home wrapped in fabric.
The main exhibit is located in the Strip Rotation Gallery where we were able to view strips of Peanuts cartoons grouped in particular subjects. It's easy to spend an hour enjoying this gallery, especially viewing a lot of the oldies. There is only one area where you can use your camera to get a photo of you and the gang.
Upstairs is Sparky's Studio. This permanent installation is a re-creation of Schulz’s working area in his studio at One Snoopy Place in Santa Rosa, California. It contains the drawing board he used almost from the beginning of his career and his desk. The shelves and walls in the exhibition include his personal books, gifts, photos, and memorabilia.
We walked outside of the building where there were various Peanuts sculptures and the second building that houses a skating rink and cafe.
The third building is the gift shop with a second floor of more Peanuts exhibits that do not require a ticket to view. You can check it all out on www.schulzmuseum.org.
Photos by Nancy Kozicki
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