New Napa Valley Museum flagship St. Helena location set to open in mid-March 2025 with reprise of popular Julia Child exhibition.
She’s back! Well, almost. “Julia Child: A Recipe For Life” is set for a mid-March soft opening at the Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture, aka The MAC, in St. Helena. In early February, executive director Laura Rafaty provided a sneak peek of the show, which is still being installed, and the new space. Very excited about the return of this expanded version of the popular exhibition, which the museum first presented in 2017. The museum’s new flagship location occupies part of the former Dean & DeLuca (later Gary’s) food and wine store.
Continuing Influence
The exhibit about the world-famous co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and author of several other books includes artifacts from Child’s The French Chef program, produced by WGBH in Boston for NET, the public-television predecessor to PBS. There’s also a chronicle of the Child’s 21st-century influence.
New Wildflowers Exhibit at Yountville Facility
The original version of the Napa Valley Museum’s Julia Child exhibition, “France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child,” debuted in 2017 at its Yountville facility, which will continue presenting shows. From mid-February to mid-July, the Yountville museum is presenting a fascinating exhibition, “Sophie Alstrom Mitchell – Wildflowers of Napa Valley,” of watercolors a longtime St. Helena resident created between 1882 and 1888. The museum will host an early-evening party on February 15th to celebrate the show.