Fort Bragg museum exhibit highlights untold stories of Latino families

(R-L) MendoLatino co-directors Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat stand outside the ‘Nuestro Norte/Our North’ window installation at the Larry Spring Museum in Fort Bragg, Calif., on Thursday, July 11, 2025. The installation, which explores themes of migration and cultural identity, remains on view through September. (Mary Rose Kaczorowski via Bay City News)

FORT BRAGG, CA., 8/2/25 — “How do we count time? By days and decades or by the contributions of the community that surrounds us?” In Fort Bragg, this dichotomy is front and center through a window installation at the Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics.

Running through the end of September, the bilingual installation features a curated collection of archival photographs, handcrafted textiles, traditional clothing, and other heirlooms from Latino families who began migrating to Mendocino County in the 1950s. These artifacts tell stories of labor, family and resilience, highlighting the vital roles Latinos have played in local agriculture, lumber, education, health care, tourism and businesses.