Filoli

Boo 👻 Nightfall at Filoli is here! Check out this spot from NBC News Bay Area featuring Filoli's President & CEO Kara Newport https://lnkd.in/gSXYJk23

Today, we acknowledge and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Filoli sits on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Lamchin, an independent tribe of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, the original inhabitants and stewards of the San Francisco Peninsula. Lamchin families from the village of Ssupichom had an intimate relationship with this land. When you visit Filoli, we encourage you to take a walk from through the Natural Lands to the newly opened Lamchin Interpretive Center. The Center continues the educational mission with a focus on the story of the Lamchin tribe of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. The new Interpretive Center is unique in that the exhibition is co-curated with the Ramaytush Ohlone leaders and tells a story of Indigenous people through time. Learn more about the Interpretive Center by visiting filoli.org/lamchin 🌱 Photos by Jeff Bartee

We are very excited that Filoli is being recognized for our model of volunteerism at a national level. A recent article from the Journal of Museum Education summarizes the evolution of Filoli from a traditional volunteer model to a service learning and public programming model. If you are interested in learning more, please click the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gdkRH-my

ICYMI: Marin Living Magazine featured Filoli in its September issue! Take a look at this feature on our upcoming Gala in the Garden: Fall Harvest Dinner. Want to learn more about the Gala? Visit filoli.org/gala for more info https://lnkd.in/gFJkCfRe

#FlashbackFriday Remember these two? 😍 Let’s go back to the time that Evangeline and Giacomo showed us that you too can work at Filoli! Check out how to join team Filoli by clicking the link in bio or at filoli.org/careers

ICYMI: Preservation Arts is doing incredible work restoring the historic Ballroom at Filoli!

Nightfall is a little over a month away! Check out our spooky feature from NBC Los Angeles 👻 Learn more about Nightfall at Filoli at filoli.org/halloween https://lnkd.in/gXqfsdsf

Thank Modern Luxury Silicon Valley for the feature in their Ultimate San Mateo County Guide! Filoli is truly "the season-changing living art" with our stellar Horticulture team creating different garden displays every season. 🌳 🌸 https://lnkd.in/gKs4Apqe

We hear Thomas Dambo's "Trolls: Save the Humans" are making their way across the U.S. Don't be alarmed if you've felt any stomping or heard any rumblings in your area—it's just the Trolls! Should we invite the Trolls to visit Filoli?

Newly revealed from the Filoli Archives! This hand-sketched document was made by Willis Polk, the original architect for the Filoli House. Sketched likely in June of 1915, on the back of stationery for The Bohemian Club, of which he was a member, Polk took transverse measurements of the house in 360°, with the front door/ portico as the center. The measurements allow the builders to correctly begin construction on the house, in the exact location determined by Polk and the Bourns. The sketches were made just before or at the time of groundbreaking at the Filoli site, and show a compass pointing north, and faint sketches of possible marble work for the facade at the top of the document. There are also small notes, long-form additions and subtractions, and angle measurements for the edges of the home. This document shows the intense work that went into designing and creating Filoli, by Polk and by everyone involved in the construction.