Support Us
Whether new or recurring, by being a member of the History Center of San Luis Obispo County, you are helping to support the only organization dedicated to preserving and promoting all of San Luis Obispo County history.
Our home base is at the renowned Carnegie Library Building in downtown SLO. Staff and volunteers diligently collect, analyze, and preserve historic photos, documents and artifacts, providing a foundation for exhibits and educational programs. With three exhibit spaces and a Book Shop, the History Center Museum is open to the public and also hosts our renowned quarterly Carnegie Lectures!
Membership
In 1953, Paul Dallidet deeded the Dallidet Adobe and Gardens to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society which was established through the work of community members Peter Andre, Miles Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Banning Garrett, Joe and Jean Novoni, and Stella and Young Louis.
A popular site for outdoor gatherings, it hosts a multitude of heirloom, exotic and enticing edibles which are used to create our popular “Soup Samplers.” Guided tours are held throughout the year and the venue is also available to rent for weddings, private parties or corporate gatherings!
Choose Your Plan
Your support helps keep history alive and accessible to the community and visitors from all over the world.
Student
$20
Start making history today!
Invitations to all History Center events, including new exhibits, virtual lectures, and Dallidet events
Our newsletter and email blasts to alert you to programs, publications, and volunteer opportunities
The right to attend our Annual Meeting and elect our Board of Directors
You will also receive a 10% discount when shopping in our book shop
Individual
$40
Standing tall for history!
Invitations to all History Center events, including new exhibits, virtual lectures, and Dallidet events
Our newsletter and email blasts to alert you to programs, publications, and volunteer opportunities
The right to attend our Annual Meeting and elect our Board of Directors
You will also receive a 10% discount when shopping in our book shop
Dual
$60
We're glad you both could join us!
Invitations to all History Center events, including new exhibits, virtual lectures, and Dallidet events
Our newsletter and email blasts to alert you to programs, publications, and volunteer opportunities
The right to attend our Annual Meeting and elect our Board of Directors
You will also receive a 10% discount when shopping in our book shop
Collector
$100
We have a place for you!
Invitations to all History Center events, including new exhibits, virtual lectures, and Dallidet events
Our newsletter and email blasts to alert you to programs, publications, and volunteer opportunities
The right to attend our Annual Meeting and elect our Board of Directors
You will also receive a 10% discount when shopping in our book shop
Preservationist & Carnegie Club
$500
Andrew would be proud!
Invitations to all History Center events, including new exhibits, virtual lectures, and Dallidet events
Our newsletter and email blasts to alert you to programs, publications, and volunteer opportunities
The right to attend our Annual Meeting and elect our Board of Directors
You will also receive a 10% discount when shopping in our book shop
Donations to the institution that can be used for any and all types of expenses. Help us keep the lights on.
Donations
Maybe your business first hung out your shingle 50 years ago, 100 years ago… ​or maybe it started yesterday. Regardless of when your business fit into the timeline of our community, you are part of the story of San Luis Obispo. We invite you to help us tell that story.
We operate a museum and a research room in our 1905 Carnegie Library, and the historic Dallidet Adobe and Gardens. Every year we must raise our operating budget from the community. Partnering with your business will build sustainability for the History Center’s irreplaceable collections, and help us to save and share the stories of our Central Coast communities.
Sponsorship
Supporter
$500
Thanks so much for your sustaining gift!
Membership in the Carnegie Club, with priority invitations to History Center events at the Dallidet Adobe and quarterly Carnegie Club lectures.
Inclusion of your business’s name on the Donor Recognition wall in the History Center Museum and the Dallidet.
Advertising in History Center newsletters and La Vista, our periodic anthology of local history.
Tickets to our annual Gala and sponsorship opportunities.
Benefactor
$1,000
You're a beacon of good in the world!
Membership in the Carnegie Club, with priority invitations to History Center events at the Dallidet Adobe and quarterly Carnegie Club lectures.
Inclusion of your business’s name on the Donor Recognition wall in the History Center Museum and the Dallidet.
Advertising in History Center newsletters and La Vista, our periodic anthology of local history.
Tickets to our annual Gala and sponsorship opportunities.
Founder
$2,000
Your support helps us create long-lasting impact!
Membership in the Carnegie Club, with priority invitations to History Center events at the Dallidet Adobe and quarterly Carnegie Club lectures.
Inclusion of your business’s name on the Donor Recognition wall in the History Center Museum and the Dallidet.
Advertising in History Center newsletters and La Vista, our periodic anthology of local history.
Tickets to our annual Gala and sponsorship opportunities.
Visionary
$5,000
Grab a mirror - you're what making a difference looks like!
Membership in the Carnegie Club, with priority invitations to History Center events at the Dallidet Adobe and quarterly Carnegie Club lectures.
Inclusion of your business’s name on the Donor Recognition wall in the History Center Museum and the Dallidet.
Advertising in History Center newsletters and La Vista, our periodic anthology of local history.
Tickets to our annual Gala and sponsorship opportunities.
Curator
$10,000
Your kind-o-meter score is way off the charts!
Membership in the Carnegie Club, with priority invitations to History Center events at the Dallidet Adobe and quarterly Carnegie Club lectures.
Inclusion of your business’s name on the Donor Recognition wall in the History Center Museum and the Dallidet.
Advertising in History Center newsletters and La Vista, our periodic anthology of local history.
Tickets to our annual Gala and sponsorship opportunities.
