MVC Insider Returns + New Meme Contest + More!

All New Episodes of

MVC Insider

After a four-month hiatus, Season 2 of “MVC Insider” resumed this past Friday, February 26, 2021. The Smith-Hobson Family Collections Manager Renee Tallent took us back a full century to talk about the 1920s hairstyle technique “Marcelling.” Renee explored the different variations of curling irons available on the market sold to achieve the perfect natural wave.

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 12, 2021 at 10am? and tune-in on Facebook Live for another episode of “MVC Insider” with Chief Curator of Exhibits & Collections Anna Bermudez! Anna will take viewers through the exhibit Hulega! Photographs from the Frontlines at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula. Set a reminder on Facebook or YouTube.

Submit Your Best Caption

Meme Contest

Next in our series of images from the Research Library and Archives that needs your best captions is this Ventura Snow Day image from 1929 (above).

Submit your best caption below for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to a Ventura County business of your choice!

Congratulations to last month’s winning caption, “If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.”

MVC and Elena Brokaw featured in

VC Reporter

“Since she was named interim Executive Director in July 2016, Elena Brokaw has seen the Museum of Ventura County through some of the most challenging times in its 108-year history: financial struggles and the resulting temporary shutdown in September 2016, a major remodel, the Thomas Fire and a long-term closure that started in March 2020. And yet, under her guidance (her interim role has since been made permanent, with her official title now the Barbara Barnard Smith Executive Director), the museum has thrived. New exhibits, community events, lectures and more all filled its dance card week after week, month after month. Even during our collective COVID pause, it has continued to bring cultural content online.”

Read the full story from the latest issue of the VC Reporter!

While we remain closed due to the on-going pandemic, we encourage you to visit us digitally and explore the growing list of online resources, activities and local history. The generosity of our vibrant community is sustaining us until we are able to reopen. Consider becoming an MVC Member or making a gift today.

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