Museums, Galleries and Historical Sites
Saratoga Village
Designed a California Historical Site in 950, features many buildings throughout
the community's business area and adjoining residential neighborhoods which
were original to early Saratoga. The Historical Foundation conducts walking
tours to 22 Historical buildings.
Call (408) 867 - 4311 for more information.
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Saratoga Historical Museum
20450 Saratoga - Los Gatos Road
(408) 867 - 4311
Housed in a turn -of - the - century former drug store building, the museum
contains displays of artifacts and photographs from early Saratoga. The city's
first library, now a Friends of the Library book store, and the McWilliams
House, circa 1965, presently the home of the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce,
are adjacent historic buildings. Docents offer historic sites guided tours
by appointments only. Museum admission is free and is open Wednesday through
Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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Aegis Gallery of Fine Art
14531 Big Basin Way, Suite 2
(408) 867 - 0171
This Co-op gallery's entire exhibit changes monthly at the end of the month.
The third Thursday of each month from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. the gallery sponsors
other artists in the main gallery, including poetry readings, dramatic
interpretation and chamber music. Interested artists, please contact the
gallery. House are Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
and Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Gallery Saratoga Co-op, Inc.
14531 Big Basin Way, Suite 4
(408) 867 - 0458
The gallery's exhibits change every two months and a different artists is
featured each month. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m.
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Montalvo Center for the Arts/The Gallery of
Montalvo
15400 Montalvo Road
(408) 741 - 3421
This stately, Mediterranean-style mansion houses exhibits of local arts or
artist residents. Exhibits change every six weeks. Call ahead for updated
information House are Thursday and Friday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday
and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Youth Science Institute Sanborn Discovery Center
16055 Sanborn Road
(408) 867 - 6940
A natural history display, live arthropod menagerie and live reptiles, amphibians
and mammals are featured. School and group programs are offered during the
school year and science camps during the summer. An annual insect fair is
hosted each May. The center is open Wednesday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday noon to 4:30 p.m.
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Madronia Cemetery
Oak Street at 6th Street
(408) 867 - 3717
The cemetery, located on the hillside just above Saratoga Village, was
established in 1954. This si the final resting place of Mary Ann Day Brown,
the wife of the abolitionist John Brown of Harper's Ferry infamy. Plots are
available for Saratoga and Monte Sereno residents only. Memorial Day services,
sponsored by the Saratoga Foothill Club, are held here each year.
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