03/28/2020 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Join us as we travel back in time through the eyes of H.G. Wells for Friends of Banning Museum’s annual fundraiser, Wisteria Regale. The evening will include an elegant dinner, raffle, games, silent auction, live music, a hosted bar and the Wisteria Scholarship presentation. If you love dressing Steampunk or in fashion from the Victorian […]

Become a Banning Volunteer! We Need You! The Banning Museum is seeking volunteers and will host two “Get to Know Us” receptions on Friday, February 21 or Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The receptions will be held in the conference room at the Banning Museum, 401 East “M” Street, Wilmington, CA 90744. Volunteers at the Banning Museum attend a training class to gain the background necessary to offer public tours and special group tours of the interior of the Museum, Stagecoach Barn and grounds. Once the training class is completed the volunteers are able to

02/08/2020 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – WE HAVE FOUR SEATS LEFT! Online reservations are closed but you can still reserve by phone at 310-548-2005. Reservations must be made by 3:30 today (2/3/20). Join us from 1 pm – 3 pm on Saturday, February 8 to celebrate Valentine’s Day in style in our historic Stagecoach Barn. You will be treated to an […]

Keeping History Alive Lecture Series presented by Friends of Banning Museum Historic Barn – 10:00 am Learning wet plate photography can seem like an incredible hurdle. The equipment is expensive, the chemicals are illusive, and the process can feel as much like alchemical magic as it does technology. In this lecture, Matthew Schnittker will reveal how he overcame these hurdles and went from pouring his first plate to working his first public event as a wet plate photographer. He’ll also demonstrate the process live and talk through the steps from a technical perspective. Admission to the lecture is FREE for

RAIN OR SHINE! Join us on Saturday, December 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as we kick off the holiday season in grand style at the Banning Museum’s Annual Victorian Christmas Celebration and Open House! Due to the generosity of our sponsors, event admission is FREE! Visitors will enjoy period entertainment, a walk through of the Banning Residence decorated in holiday splendor, a visit with Santa Claus, free cookies and cider, a children’s craft, a blacksmith, a horse-drawn trolley ride between The Banning Museum and Drum Barracks Civil War Museum as well as local food and craft vendors. We