Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical

About Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical

The Friends of Peralta Hacienda supports all of Oakland by providing affordable education, art, and environmental programming for local children and youth and giving voice to Oakland's unforgettable stories. A museum in Fruitvale for all of Oakland – making a community for everyone! Peralta Hacienda Historical Park promotes understanding, historical healing and community amid change and diversity.  We present and interpret the untold history of the Peralta rancho and the stories of Fruitvale, Oakland, community today, giving voice to the many cultures that have created – and are still transforming – California. The six-acre park and historic house form an arts and educational hub for local families and youth, and regional center for historical inquiry and discovery. Peralta Hacienda serves the community by providing an open space, as well as a safe place for dialogue, art, culture, engagement, consensus-building and problem-solving. Peralta Hacienda helps build social connectedness. It offers educational programs that give young people opportunities to learn about and share their own and their neighbors' histories. Its programs bring generations together and help deepen the community's essential bonds of trust and reciprocity that lie at the heart of a healthy community. Peralta Hacienda is a major community asset. In the heart of Fruitvale (Oakland), this major educational center and museum has created a place where people come to learn and create bonds in rising counterpoint to Oakland's most pressing problems. The historical park is a nationally significant historic site and is considered the birthplace of Oakland.