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Warner-Carrillo Preparing to Reopen This Year
By Robin Lakin
March/April 2021
The Warner-Carrillo Ranch House curatorial and management team have certainly not been idle over the winter. They have been intently working inside the adobe, adding significantly to the interpretive details of the home. Period appropriate floor coverings, furniture pieces, books, textiles, accessories, and specialty historic reproduction items now grace several key rooms.
 The sala, as the main living room, was the primary space for gathering of travelers, family, and ranch business, it served as an all-purpose room. Photo by Sandé Lollis |
Our goal to enhance the exhibit spaces throughout the museum will allow us to elaborate even more on the stories of the place, heighten the visitor experience, and bring us closer to the families and people who worked the ranch since 1857.
When stepping inside the old adobe casa, one can imagine the aroma of the requisite pot of beans simmering in the kitchen, visualize a roaring fire in the original fireplace, with platters piled high with the tamales that graced the sala table after a rigorous day's work on the ranch. For over a century, the three families who called this place home (two with between 8 and 12 children each!) left no doubt that evenings at the supper table were lively indeed! Add to this action the sometimes rowdy cowboys who burned brands into the floorboards and doors while bunking here until 1960.
We also gave our Warner-Carrillo Museum Shop some attention, and revamped it with new books, textiles, and goodies of all sorts, including unique items perfect for the backcountry explorer. We look forward to safely reopening and sharing the new breadth and depth of our museum and museum shop with you.
Stay tuned, stay healthy, and we hope to see you soon!
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