Vibe with some of the Valley’s most skillful Hip Hop artists during Cinco de Mayo weekend at Coachella Valley History Museum in Indio, CA, this Sunday, May 4, 2025!

Join us for a Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, NovJoin us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

The Doctor’s Wife is a Visionary! “Nell Francis Smiley - My Story*” Reprinted from the 2021 edition of The Periscope: Women Behaving Badly… For Good!, a publication of the Coachella Valley Historical Society.

Join us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

Join us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

Announcing the Annual Meeting of members of the Coachella Valley Historical Society, Inc.

Join us Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 4:00PM.

Join us for a Majestic Garden Tea Party on February 8, 2025.

Join us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

Join us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

Join us for Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free!

Join us for a Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free.

Join us for a Storytime at the Museum on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 1:30PM or 2:30PM. Admission is free.

In Loving Memory of Connie Cowan (July 25, 1930 - May 8, 2024) - Connie Cowan was an integral part of our inception, helping set up and organize the Coachella Valley Historical Society, Inc. (aka Coachella Valley History Museum) very early on.

Announcing the Annual Meeting of members of the Coachella Valley Historical Society, Inc.

Join us for a Majestic Garden Tea Party on February 3, 2024.

MECCA SCHOOL ONCE HELD IN A HAY BARN - By Ceceilia Foulkes (Narrated at 1980 Indio Historical Days Symposium) - We came to live in Mecca in 1914. My dad had purchased a small ranch, (Dohr Ranch) on Avenue 64.

THE VALLEY’S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING - By Gilberta Alderman Harmon (Narrated at Historical Days Symposium, 1980) - Perhaps an important bit of historical recording can be added to the Valley's files today by relating the story behind the building of the first structure to be used specifically for a Coachella Valley High School.

EXPLORE Junior Historians After-School Program. Fall 2023 Session: September 25 to November 8, 2023, at Coachella Valley History Museum. Pre-registration & pre-payment required.

EXPLORE Young at Art Summer Camps, June 5 - 30, 2023, at Coachella Valley History Museum. Pre-registration & pre-payment required.