Mendocino County’s cannabis history: new museum series starts Feb. 11

WILLITS, 1/30/23 — Mendocino County’s multi-generational cannabis industry has a rich history, ranging from covert hillside grows through various stages of legalization, with many of the stories and artifacts still being collected and shared as the landscape evolves. From February 11 through March 19, the Mendocino County Museum will be hosting a series of forums and some pieces from the collections, as well as sharing materials from Willits’ Counter Culture Museum and Archives.

The series will include three forums on cannabis history: “Back to the Land Generational Storytelling”, “Cannabis and Tourism: Moving the Economy Forward”, and “Counter Culture History Coalition: Perspectives on Counterculture.” Richard Gergenson and Annie Waters, the forces behind the Counter Culture Museum and Archives, will also be at the museum on Wednesdays and some Saturdays to share their collections and talk with visitors about their work.