Joe Simitian on the Palo Alto Museum
An interview with the Honorable Joe Simitian At the Palo Alto Museum, we believe history isn’t just something we preserve — it’s something we live. So when we sat down with the Honorable Joe Simitian, a longtime resident and advocate for local heritage, we asked him a...
Moments in History: Juana Briones, 1802-1889
Juana Briones was a healer, an early landowner, and an entrepreneur. She also secured a divorce from her abusive husband, which was unheard of at the time. As a woman of mixed heritage who accomplished so much, she was a trailblazer. Native, Spanish, Mexican, and...
Moments in History: Victor Arnautoff, 1896-1979
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896-1979) was a Russian-born painter and Stanford art professor for over 20 years. The son of a Russian Orthodox priest, he showed talent from an early age and intended to make art his career – but history had other ideas. When World War I...