Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific
On view through March 22, 2026
Museum of Sonoma County
Santa Rosa, California
www.museumsc.org
“Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific” at the Museum of Sonoma County reveals untold stories of Black seafarers and the North Coast of California.
Most accounts of the United States’ maritime enterprises are disproportionately populated by white seafarers. The Museum of Sonoma County is pleased to present a new exhibition that expands that narrative to include the many Black whalers, commercial mariners, fishers, explorers, soldiers, and sailors who traveled along the Pacific Coast and traversed the high seas from the 16th century to the present day.
Find out more here: https://museumsc.org/blackpacific/
[Image: Crew of the ship Rathdown, San Francisco, 1892. Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection, African American Museum and Library at Oakland.]
