HMOC Open House

Join us for a day of Victorian fun at our first HMOC Open Houses of 2026!

Enjoy fun Open House activities such as guided Docent and self led historic 1898 Kellogg House tours; Art at the Farm hands on immersive art workshop and Gospel Swamp Farm gardening lessons as well as demos from the OC Blacksmith Guild in our Blacksmith Shop and more!

Our schedule of fun for January:

January 4

Ongoing

Art at the Farm: Painting small pots and plant flower seeds

Blacksmith Demonstrations

Adobe Self-Guided Tours

Nature Self-Guided Tours

11:00-1:30 Kellogg House Self-Guided Tours

12:30-1:30 Gardening Lesson: Grapes and Tree Pruning

1:30-2:30 Kellogg Guided Tour w/Docent “Kellogg House & Family History, Winter, and New Year Postcards”

January 18

Ongoing

Art at the Farm:

Blacksmith Demonstrations

Adobe Self-Guided Tours

Nature Self-Guided Tours

10:00-12:00 Rose Pruning Workshop with members of the Orange County Rose Society

11:00-1:30 Kellogg House Self-Guided Tours

12:00-1:00 Parlor Stories: “Spirit Communication: How Spirit Will Help You in the New Year” w/Jackie Campbell

🏡🗣️🤝Join Speaker Jackie Campbell to learn about “Spirit Communication: how Spirit will help you in the New Year”, as part of our Parlor Stories series included FREE with Open House admission, and for HMOC Members! The lecture will focus on a talk about spirit communication and the signs that people receive from the afterlife, by listening to their gut feeling and interpreting them. Spirit communication is listening to your body, when you feel sad or happy call on your love ones for help. Jackie also will be talking about what spirit wants people to know in the afterlife.

12:30-1:30 Gardening Lesson: How to select your plants and seeds

1:30-2:30 Kellogg Guided Tour w/Docent “Kellogg House & Family History, Winter, and New Year Postcards”

Tickets can be found at givebutter.com/HMOCJanOpenHouse

**Entrance to the Museum for non-members: Your $10 (or $5 for children 12 and under) HMOC Open House admission allows you full entrance to the Museum grounds, self led Kellogg House tours during the hours that Docent led tours are not occurring as well as exterior Museum activities during the entirety of the Museum Open House hours of 11am to 3pm!

An additional $5 ticket add-on can be purchased to allow you to join one of the exclusive themed and timed Docent Led Guided Tours depending on availability!**

As always one of the benefits of being an HMOC Member is FREE entry to Public Hours and HMOC Events! If you haven’t already joined us, become a Member today at HeritageMuseumOC.org/memberships

Open dates and times may vary so please check our full event calendar for up to date Public Hours info.

See you at the Museum!