Monday, August 7, 2017

Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center


This might be a multi-blog post. I went to the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa. Schultz was the creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip, he was also know as Sparky.  Even though Schultz was born and raised in Minnesota, he relocated to Northern California in 1958 and Santa Rosa became his home base in 1969 and remained until his death in 2000.  The museum opened in 2002:


First published drawing by Schultz

This wall is made up of ten years worth of strips
The Kite-Eating Tree
Schulz's office and drawing studio
An ad for his father's barber shop


Published in Topix in 1947

Saturday Evening Post -1948

WWII drawing from Schultz's sketch book

Panels from L'il Folks-which evolved into Peanuts

This wall panel was painted in his daughter's Meredith's room in 1951
His Emmy for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"-1965

The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is a special place. I am so glad that I made the trip there and there will be a second part for more pictures.

29 comments:

  1. Oh what a fun museum that must be. I want to see this someday too.

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  2. I always loved Peanuts and would have a great time here!

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  3. Love love loved Peanuts! THANKS FOR stopping by NanaHood

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  4. I would love to see those collections! I love snoopy..

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  5. I have an outstanding speeding ticket in Santa Rosa, lol. I didn't know that about Charles Schultz but boy did I adore Peanuts as a kid. Great subject for a museum.

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  6. What a fun museum I liked all the photos, love Peanuts too and the salted ones also :-)

    Have a nuttytastic day :-)

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  7. I have a nephew that adores Charlie Brown. It would be a fun museum to visit! He tried out for Disney, didn't make it, and started Charlie Brown after that. Maybe it's good he didn't make it into Disney. He as an artist is more known for sure.

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  8. Peanuts was such a sweet an innocent comic strip. I always admired Schultz.
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/08/ready-to-go.html

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  9. Thank you for sharing those pictures and giving us a little tour of the museum.

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  10. This is not all that far from where I live. I need to take a trip to visit this wonderful place.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ☺

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  11. I keep hearing about this place on NPR and I want to go so badly! Thanks for reminding me and giving me a sneak peak! #WATW

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  12. So CUTE! What an interesting place to visit!

    Visiting from WW

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  13. I love Peanuts cartoons and both Snoopy and Woodstock are my two favorites among so many, Patrick. I loved looked at the photos you've posted this time around. Btw, do you know why Charles Schultz renamed his strip "Peanuts"? I'm just curious. Didn't know he had another name for the strip originally. Thanks for sharing this!

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  14. What a lovely museum. I use to watch this when I was younger :) Thanks for sharing at The Wednesday Blog Hop.

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  15. Brilliant! I have been a Peanuts fan my entire life! Thank you for sharing this.

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  16. I read his books for so many years as a kid, my mama thought I might not be advancing as I should. No. I just continued to love them.
    Thanks for sharing!
    :) gwingal

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  17. He was the best! So interwoven with my childhood!

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  18. I grew up with the Peanuts comic strip and show. I had no idea that Charles Schulz had a museum.

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  19. I didn't realize there was a Charles Schulz museum either. What a fun place! Looking forward to your second post and pics.

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  20. What a wonderful place! I always loved to read Snoopy every Sunday in the newspaper. Thanks for sharing this piece of historical amazement.

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  21. My son and his wife lived in Santa Rosa for a bit, and my first and only trip to CA was to Santa Rosa. We wanted to visit here, but was closed on the days we visited. Looks like it would have been a fun visit. Thanks for sharing. Now I got to see it through your photography. :)

    Peabea@Peabea Scribbles

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  22. AWW< I didn't even know this place existed but with my very own Charlie who is known as Charlie Brown or Peanuts I want to go before he gets much older. I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures.

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  23. The holiday season wouldn't be the same without Charlie Brown's Christmas Carol. Loved the pictures and the history.Thanks for hanging out with us again at Celebrate Your Story!

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  24. I'll be adding this to list of places to visit! Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang bring so many happy memories! Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

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  25. This place would be incredible to see. Schultz is such a icon for so many of us. Its really wonderful that they built a museum to him and his Charlie Brown character legacy. I really enjoyed this post. Sharing.

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  26. Patrick, what a wonderful place to visit! So much history and whimsy and creativity all housed in one building. Thanks so much for sharing and for joining my link up!

    Shelbee
    www.shelbeeontheedge.com

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  27. I loved Peanut as a kid and would love to see that film

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  28. lol autocorrect I would love to see the museum :)

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  29. I would love to visit there as well. How fun. Most of us have spent hours watching Charlie Brown.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ☺

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