Visitors Guide 2024

ARTS & CULTURE Open Ground Studios An artists’ collective in an accessible and funky collaborative space with well-equipped communal and individual studios featuring printmaking, painting, book arts, workshops and private lessons. For public events, there is also a gallery; tours by appointment. 1230 Fremont Blvd., Seaside. (831) 204-8578, opengroundstudios.com Pacific Grove Art Center The spacious galleries of this storied venue feature regularly rotating exhibits of sculpture, paintings, mixed media, metalwork, ceramics, monoprints, woodcut prints and photography, representing a range of artists and a range of styles. It houses four galleries with a variety of art forms; exhibits change every other month. The building houses artist studios and the center also offers art classes. 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. (831) 375-2208, pgartcenter.org Pacific Grove Heritage Society All the colorful Victorians, bungalows and kit houses have a history and many of their current owners celebrate that past by renovating their homes to historically accurate standards laid out by this foremost authority on historic buildings. Visit their Ketcham’s Barn museum that recently reopened after a break. Ketcham’s Barn, 605 Laurel Ave., Pacific Grove. (831) 372-2898, pacificgroveheritage. org Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove’s landmark museum is an immersion in the county’s ecology. It opened in 1883, but its diversity of Central Coast creatures, pioneering science and interactivity make it as current as ever. Displays of local birds, geology, animals and cultural history are bolstered by rotating exhibits, special events, and a native plant garden. 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. (831) 648-5716, pgmuseum.org Pajaro Valley Arts Serving Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties, Pajaro Valley Arts offers access to high-quality visual arts exhibits and promotes arts education in the community. The firstclass gallery is housed in one of Watsonville’s premier historic dwellings, a 116-year-old structure provided rent-free by the city. PVA opened its first gallery in 1986, and continues to present rotating visual art exhibitions. The organization recently acquired the historic Porter Building in downtown Watsonville, adding another gallery space at 280 Main St. 37 Sudden St., Watsonville. (831) 722-3062, pvarts.org Photography West Gallery This small but venerable gallery dedicated to artist-printed film photography sells unique fine art, wet darkroom photographs, posters and notecards. They also feature appearances by renowned photographers like Christopher WWW.MONTEREYCOUNTYNOW.COM 131 Book now at EscapeRoom831.com Lighthouse 599 Lighthouse Avenue, Monterey Cannery Row 700 Cannery Row, Ste DD Wave Street 765 Wave Street, Suite A2, Monterey VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE LOUNGE ESCAPE ROOMS SKEE BALL HOOPS 685 Cannery Row, 3rd Floor, Monterey 831.241.6616 ■ OSCARSPLAYGROUND.COM Looking for Fun for the Whole Family? Cannery Row 685 Cannery Row, 3rd Floor EscapeRoom_2-3v_fam24_gk.indd 1 3/20/24 2:27 PM

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