Events Archive
We invite you to remember some of our past events.
Charnna Gilmore from the Scott River Watershed Council will lead a tour of Beaver Dam Analog projects in the Scott Valley.
She will share her story of how she became involved in beaver restoration and provide some history of beavers.
Charrna is working to bring beavers back to Scott Valley and will explain why that is so important. Limited to 20 people.
In this watercolor painting class you will learn to paint landscapes carved by water with Chris Messer, well-known artist and teacher.
This one-day class will be held outside (plein-air). In coordination with the museum’s current exhibit on “Water is Life”, artists may reflect on how water has shaped this area.
After registering, you will receive a supply list.
As a supporter of the community, Chris has happily donated paintings to many fundraising events, and is also always willing to talk art and offer advice to budding artists.
Registration: $30 per person
Join us on Thursday, June 15th at 7PM for a fascinating presentation and discussion with Bill Hirt.
Mount Shasta dominates the hydrology of the region.
Much of the water that falls onto the mountain percolates downwards emerging from springs near its base, months to decades later. These springs, as well as modest surface runoff, feed the flows of the Shasta, Sacramento, and McCloud Rivers.
In addition to surface streams, water from Mount Shasta also recharges local aquifers and soil moisture. To ensure that local groundwater is not over-drafted, which would adversely affect both spring flows and well levels, hydrologists monitor the inputs to and outputs from the Mount Shasta hydrologic system.
This data is now being used to calibrate a regional groundwater model that will enable us to predict how the system will respond to annual variations in temperature and precipitation as well as the long-term effects of climate change.
Bill is an emeritus geology instructor at the College of the Siskiyous.
Your $5 donation for this event is greatly appreciated.
Between the Listening and the Telling
How Stories Can Save Us
Join Mark Yaconelli as he dives into the importance of storytelling through the ages.
Mark Yaconelli is a storyteller, author, and activist. He shares the power of storytelling in our individual and collective lives.
In an increasingly fast-paced and fractured world, sharing stories can be a radical and deeply human practice. Stories uncover the ties that bind us to one another.
Mark Yaconelli will show how stories can heal our families, our world, ourselves.
Your $5 donation for this event is greatly appreciated.
As part of the ongoing 100-year anniversary of the building of the Sierra Club Hut, the local Sierra Club Foundation Alpine Hut Committee will have an evening sharing stories of the hut’s past, present, and future.
Celebration presented by Bill Miesse, Jane Cohn, Rebeca Franco, Michael Zanger, Chris Marrone Chris Carr, Rich & Linda Chitwood and Shayna Cassidy.
For more details and to reserve a spot see our News item.
Donations of $5 or more are appreciated!
Great deals on gently used Christmas Themed items and Baked Goods!
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum’s Annual Christmas Garage and Bake Sale returns November 26th, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All items sold are gently used and Christmas related: decorations, linens, ornaments and more! There will also be opportunities to win handmade items from local small businesses.
This year the sale will be held in the Mount Shasta High School Gym in partnership with MSHS Rotary Interact.
This sale is one day only so don’t miss it!
Museum will also be open, stop in to continue your holiday shopping in our store after the sale and purchase quilt raffle tickets.
Proceeds benefit Mount Shasta Sisson Museum and MSHS Rotary Interact.
Interested in native fish species unique to the Mt. Shasta Area?
Mike Dege, from California Department of Fish and Wildlife, will share the history of this and other redband species of the Pacific northwest,
why the McCloud River Redband Trout (MRRT) is so unique, and more recent, current, and future challenges this species is facing in a changing world.
Hosted by Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum,
1 N Old Stage Rd, Mt Shasta, CA
October 20, 7 p.m.,
doors open at 6:30 p.m.
$5 donation.
Donations benefit the Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum.
Please Note! Refunds will be honored for cancellations up to 24hrs before the event date.
Where does our water come from?
Steve Bachmann will present on how water
travels from the source
on Mount Shasta to
our sinks at home!
Hosted by Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum,
1 N Old Stage Rd, Mt Shasta, CA
October 6, 7 p.m.,
doors open at 6:30 p.m.
$5 donation.
Donations benefit the Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum.
Space is limited, reserve your seat in-person or online with a $5 donation to our museum
Please Note! Refunds will be honored for cancellations up to 24hrs before the event date.
Help us raise money for the survivors of the Mill Fire
Local filmmaker, Mark Oliver,
will show his award winning documentary about
the history of Lincoln Heights,
one of the oldest intact Black
neighborhoods west of the Mississippi and hardest hit
by the recent Mill Fire.
Hosted by Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum,
1 N Old Stage Rd, Mt Shasta, CA
September 30, 7 p.m.,
doors open at 6:30 p.m.
$5+ donation.
All ticket sales proceeds collected for this event will be split between Weed Rotary Foundation and Western Service Workers for ongoing Mill Fire Recovery efforts.
Please Note! Refunds will be honored for cancellations up to 24hrs before the event date.
Photo courtesy of the Blockman Family
Join us for a special Science Symposium!
Five 15-20 min research presentations on Siskiyou County topics hosted at our museum!
Master’s Program Candidates
in Environmental Sciences and Policy
at Johns Hopkins University participated
in the week-long intensive field course
“Intersections between Science and Society: Investigating Watershed Ecosystems in the Cascades”.
We will show five pre-recorded 15-20 presentations
each on a different local topic.
Public is invited to view
and ask questions.
Symposium hosted by
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum,
1 N Old Stage Rd, Mt Shasta, CA
September 29, 5:00 p.m.,
doors Open @ 4:30 p.m.
View in person at our museum or online via Zoom
Register for this event here