Santa Rosa, CA
Step inside the world of
Charles Schulz. Charlie Brown is there
with the whole gang, and admission costs peanuts!
Likely Santa Rosa’s most
beloved resident, Charles Schulz created a myriad of characters, each of whom
personified him in one way or another.
Maybe that’s why his Peanuts strip portrayed emotions running the gamut
from joy to despair, and why so many people can relate to the comic which ran
for nearly 50 years.
Stroll through the museum and
browse through dozens of Schulz’s personal belongings. You’ll find cases housing early childhood
sketches, a picture which earned him a mention in Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
and plenty of awards celebrating his achievements as a cartoonist, athlete, and
philanthropy.
My favorite part of the
museum was the recreation of his artist’s studio. In an interview, Schulz joked that the simple
tools necessary to create the comic strip didn’t result in much of a tax
deduction; it just goes to show you that his own creativity was his most
valuable asset.
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| This is where the magic happened! |
You can spend the whole day
in the Auditorium catching up on Peanuts animated specials and archived
interviews with Schulz, then lament in the fact that you can barely write with
a fountain pen, let alone draw with one.
