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The Museum of the San Ramon Valley in downtown Danville is delving into the history of the Anza expedition for its next virtual program.
Led by Juan Bautista de Anza, the expedition was formed to discover a route between southern Arizona and California, ultimately bringing 240 Spanish settlers into the state – and the Bay Area – 250 years ago, where the Presidio and the Mission system were established.
The “blockbuster exhibit” curated by former town councilmember, ex-East Bay Parks board director and local historian Beverly Lane in collaboration with the museum and the National Park Service is the only one of its kind centered on the portion of the Anza expedition that expanded to the Bay Area in 1776.
“It will tell the complete narrative of the Expedition, from the political reasons Spain initiated it to the character of the colonists to the impacts this ‘moving city’ had on 75 Native tribes along the 1200-mile route,” museum organizers said in a press release.
The exhibit features the names of all of the families who came to California during the expedition, a diorama of the 1,000 livestock that were brought along, as well as information about Anza himself and the expedition’s chaplain, Father Pedro Front.
Debuting last weekend, the exhibit runs through May 31. For more information, go to museumsrv.org.
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