Come to the Museum Annual Meeting
Come join us as we celebrate the 24th year of the San Dieguito Heritage Museum. the annual Meeting is being held Saturday, January 21st at noon in the Ecke building at the San Diego botanic Garden.
Learn about the exciting new developments at the Museum and savor the exttraordinary food of San's Place. Chicken kabobs, gyros, flatbread and hummus and Greek salad and more will be served.
Then enjoy a presentation by Jack Innis, author of San Diego Legends. Jack is an award winning local journalist who has made an extensive study of the wonderful and often-times quirky history of San Diego. A long-time surfer, fisherman and boating enthusiast, he is the local media relations representative of the International Game Fish Association. Formerly editor of the San Diego Log, Innis is a free lance editor and writer who lives in San Diego with his wife and daughter. Buy your tickets by calling 760-632-9711.
3rd Annual Lima Bean Cook-Off and Encinitas 25th Birthday Party a huge success
WOW! On Saturday, October 1st, thousands of people attended the 25th Birthday Celebration of Encinitas and 
our museum's Lima Bean Cook-Off held on the museum grounds at 450 Quail Gardens Drive.
Over 300 hungry attendees sampled the varied lima bean creations of professional and amateur chefs. Celebrity judges gave out awards for the best dishes and the crowd voted for the People's Choice Award.
In addition to entertainment, food vendors and many booths at the Encinitas Birthday Celebration, the museum also presented the opportunity to purchase a large variety of Cut Flowers, a Silent Auction and Bake Sale. There was even a giant Onyx Lima Bean Wishing Well!
Click Here for List of 2011 Lima Bean Cook-Off Winners
Events like the Lima Bean Cook-Off raise funds that help the museum pay for its operating costs. The San Dieguito Heritage Museum would like to thank all the business and individual sponsors of the 3rd annual Lima Bean Cook-Off, the talented cooks who participated and those patrons who sampled the delicious dishes.
New weekend program for Families
The San Dieguito Heritage Museum 
will offer free history activities for families on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the 2011-2012 school year.
There will be all kinds of hands-on activities. For the month of January, the Museum presents the history of the Braided Rug . . .
Tentative Schedule of 2012 museum Activities
- Site Committee Meetings - 1st Friday of each month at 8:30am
- Board Meetings - 2nd Friday of each month at 8:30am
- Docent/Volunteer Meetings - 3rd Friday of each month at 9:30am
- Annual Meeting - Saturday, January 21
- Encinitas Street Fair, Spring - Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29
- BBQ-Saturday, May 19
- Lima Bean Faire - Saturday, September 29
- Encinitas Street Fair, Fall - Sunday, November 18
our 23rd Annual BBq, Poetry Slam Under the bigtop, and Country, Bluegrass & Blues Concert
What a weekend it was! The Museum celebrated San Dieguito history with its 23rd Annual BBQ Weekend on May 20th and 21st.
Three amazing events took place: a poetry slam, an old time BBQ and a concert featuring two world-class guitar masters. On Friday, May 20th the Full Moon Poets took to the stage to present their Poetry Slam Under the Big Top. Ten poets from as far away as Los Angeles brought their best work and shared it with a very enthusiastic audience. The poetry competition was fierce, funky and funny!
On Saturday, the annual BBQ took place with all the wonderful aspects you've come to expect. Terrific food was provided by
Brett's BBQ and the meat was smoky and flavorful. Two of Us Plus One provided music, including a set with the lead singer as a dead-ringer for Willie Nelson!
There was a very successful silent auction with many wonderful plants donated by Evelyn of Weidner's Gardens. And the bake 
sale was both a feast for the eyes and the taste buds. All the great volunteers at the Museum pulled together to make the BBQ flow smoothly and delight the attendees.
Saturday night featured an amazing standing ovation concert with two guitar masters, Carl Verheyen and Steve Trovado. Carl is a critically acclaimed virtuoso who can play any style music with precision and passion. He has been a member of the hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985 and has been one of LA's elite "first call" session players for the past 25 years. Steve is best known as a world-class country guitarist, but is equally proficient in a wide range of styles.He has toured with top-name musicians and maintains a full-time position as a senior lecturer in the Studio Guitar Department at USC.
With all the great food, music, activities and togetherness, it was a weekend to remember. A Big Thank-You to all our wonderful sponsors and volunteers.