Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum — Attraction in Sunnyvale

A nice museum to spend an hour or two at. Free admission! Nice docent. Perfect activity to feed your brains on a rainy day.

They are opened on selected days of the week and limited hours. Would recommend to check online before heading down.

There are ample parking space right in front of the museum, which is always highly welcomed.

Upon entering, we were warmly greeted by two docents. We signed in and was surprised that one of the docent offered to give us a tour.

Started with a 5mins introductory video which was very useful to provide context as we explored the museum. They had a grand piano and have some volunteers who would pop in to play for the visitors which is really a very nice and sweet gesture.

Despite being a small museum, we spend more than an hour going through everything. They have an upper floor which has special exhibits occasionally. Unfortunately, during our visit, the previous exhibit had just ended and they were taking them down to swop for another.

The docent shared they have occasional tea sessions where visitors and members are encouraged to dress up in costume reflecting the past and join them to have tea. Pretty fascinating.

Overall a very lovely experience. Learned a lot from them too....

This once a year Christmas tea was a very nice afternoon out. One type of tea tasted wonderful and the ladies serving were very pleasant and always right there with a hot refill just when one was needed. A yellow raisin scones with apricot jam, clotted cream and lemon curd. Only complaint was that the scones was cold and a bit crumbly. Finger sandwiches and a variety of sweets accompanied our tea. All the edibles are made by volunteers; so all monies received go directly to the museum. And we received a free little appetizer size fork as a gift. We had access to the museum before the event. It may be a small space but it is packed with lots of interesting historical facts about the Sunnyvale area. We also were able to visit the Gift shop before and after the tea. Wonderful items, some of which are one of a kind; since many items are donated. They have another tea in the Spring; I...

We go every year for the Christmas Victorian tea, and it is always exquisite! The entire museum is run solely by volunteers, and it's clear they put their heart and soul into making the tea wonderful. The museum displays are different every year, and are always fascinating, made up as they are of items which have been donated by people within the community. There's also a charming summer tea, which I intend to start attending as well. Frankly, I wouldn't miss the beautiful holiday tea for anything - it is how we start our...