About the Docents

We are a group of about 60 volunteers whose pastime and passion is interpreting Sonoma’s unique history and contribution to California. Since 1994, we have offered annually an eight-week training course which prepares docents to present the stories of Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma and General Mariano Vallejo to our visitors. Our training courses are taught by outstanding university scholars and researchers, historians and archeologists, and the courses attract new prospective docents, current docents upgrading their knowledge and skills, and many auditors from the community who simply want to know more about their towns’ histories.

Our historic parks are visited by more than 14,000 fourth grade students of California history each year. It is a special privilege of the Docents to assist the State Park Guide at Mission San Francisco de Solano in conducting tours for school children on two days a week. The Docent Council offers special tours to large groups such as Elderhostel, Globus, and Tauck by arrangement. And every weekend, docents conduct regularly scheduled tours of the Mission, the Vallejo Home, and the Petaluma Adobe. Watch our website for announcement of a new historical tour which will begin the summer of 2007.

Whether it is for a family outing or a romantic “getaway” to wine country, we invite you to visit Sonoma and visit our California State Historic Parks. We look forward to sharing them with you!

Click here to see a map of the area, 16 E. Spain Street, Sonoma, CA.

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