Exhibits

Menlo Park Fire District Chief Harold Schapelhouman recounts his evolution from a rigorous, traditional firefighting career to becoming an innovative leader in disaster preparedness and urban search and rescue through resourcefulness, collaboration, and modernized emergency protocols.

From its origins as Ohlone territory to its establishment as an Irish-inspired settlement in 1851, Menlo Park has transformed from a small railroad town into a vibrant Silicon Valley city, marked by milestones like the iconic Menlo Park Gates, the arrival of Facebook, and its meaningful connection to its Irish namesake through a sister city relationship with Galway.

How a restless Navy veteran and his no-nonsense wife built a pizza empire from scratch—literally—and turned a tiny parlor into a community icon.

It takes some looking around, but Menlo Park has quite a few buildings dating back before the 1900s.

Steve presented his slides, beginning with the 1860 Boston census listing of his great- grandfather Henry H.B. “Harry” Morey, then six-years-old, who came to San Francisco in the 1870s. One of the family businesses, Peninsula Building Materials, was founded on El Camino Real in the year 1923—100 years ago in 2023.

Kepler's served as a beacon for intellectuals which created the perfect environment to produce Silicon Valley

Learn about how Alma, Middlefield, Santa Cruz, Sand Hill, Willow, Valparaiso and more got their names

Rancho de las Pulgas was a 35,240-acre (142.6 km2) 1795 Spanish land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California to José Darío Argüello.

Directory of various plaques that can be found across town

A list of famous people from Menlo Park

Portola Journey's End, Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments, Menlo Park Railroad Station

Menlo Park Railroad Station, Church of Nativity, Barron-Latham-Hopkins Gate Lodge

A brief review of Menlo Park's first three hotels

He came to San Francisco for the gold, ended up with a paint business, and left us with a fantastically detailed diary of his time in Menlo Park

These notes are part of a long term project by the Menlo Park Historical Association to identify and document the history of all the plaques in Menlo Park.

Notes on the history of Menlo Park's historical churches

Camp Fremont was built in 1914 to train the 41st National Guard Division on the site where Fremont Memorial Park is today.

Rachel Bentley's watercolors and the early years of the Grateful Dead