"Little City Under Canvas" - The 150th Anniversary of Camp Capitola

 The Capitola Historical Museum's 2024 exhibition is "Little City Under Canvas" - The 150th Anniversary of Camp Capitola    

"Little City Under Canvas" - This was how the Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel described the new resort which opened at Soquel Landing on June 18, 1874. Neslted within Monterey Bay, this yellow stretch of beach at the mouth of Soquel Creek, bracketed by high fossil-laden cliffs, became one of California's first beach resorts.

The exhibition will also recount the history of the seaside resort idea, and in what ways Camp Capitola followed, or, in wht ways it diverged from the model which evolved at the first "modern" seaside resorts of 18th century England. The exhibition documents the evolution of Camp Capitola from its beginning in 1874 up to about 1900, when it started to be more often called simply ... Capitola. 

Our 2024 exhibition celebrates the sesquicentennial of the opening of Camp Capitola by its founder Samuel Alonzo Hall.

The Capitola Historical Museum is open from March 16, 2024 through December 31, 2024. The admission free museum is open every Friday through Sunday from noon until 4:00 p.m.