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Museum & Grounds

MUSEUM The Bartholomew Park Museum provides fascinating insights into the property’s colorful past. Personalities such as the eccentric Agoston Haraszthy and Kate Johnson, famous for owning 200 Angora cats, are remembered with artifacts from their respective eras. An extensive display of photos by Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge from his “A Vintage in California” series (1870-71) provides a captivating chronicle of viticultural practices of that time. Paraphernalia and documents, including wall murals and agricultural tools from the last century, are on display.  Also shown in the museum are soil samples, a topographical map and pictures illustrating present-day vineyard practices throughout the Sonoma Valley. The museum and winery are open daily from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Guided tours can be arranged by calling 707.935.9511.

GROUNDS Bartholomew Park Winery is situated in the heart of the 400-acre Bartholomew Memorial Park in Sonoma. A visit to the winery includes a sampling of Bartholomew Park’s premium wines, access to vineyard-view picnic grounds, hiking trails, and a museum chronicling the property’s illustrious history and current grape growing practices. The picnic grounds at Bartholomew Park overlook the vineyards and a replica of Agoston Haraszthy’s Palladian Villa which was destroyed by fire around the turn of the century. In the hills behind the winery are approximately three miles of marked hiking trails. A variety of indigenous California vegetation -- oak groves, manzanita, madrone, redwood-shaded fern grottos, and fields of spring wildflowers -- provides visitors with a generous sampling of the visual delights and natural beauty of Sonoma County. On a clear day, the view from Bartholomew Park’s trails extends to San Francisco. The Palladian Villa is maintained by the park and is open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3pm.