After over a year of closure, Monterey State Historic Park has reopened its museums and gift shops and resumed tours with Covid-19 safety precautions in place. Everyone is invited to take a tour of the park or visit our free museums!

Custom House Museum & Gift Shop Now Open
1 Custom House Plaza, Old Monterey
Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday & Monday holidays,10am-4pm
Gift Shop Hours: Friday-Monday, 11am-3pm
Admission is free

Pacific House Museum & Gift Shop Now Open
20 Custom House Plaza, Old Monterey
Tuesday-Sunday & Monday holidays, 10am-4pm
Admission is free

Monterey State Historic Park Tours
Meet at Custom House Museum, 1 Custom House Plaza
Tours offered Thursday-Sunday: 11am, 1pm, 3pm
This is an approximately one-hour tour of Monterey Historic Park led by a State Parks guide. Tickets are $10 per person; ages 12 & under are free (must be accompanied by an adult). Purchase tickets at Custom House Museum. Tours may also be requested on Tuesdays and Wednesdays by calling 831-649-2907 in advance.

We want to congratulate Monterey Recreation's adult softball league champion teams sponsored by Downtown Old Monterey businesses! Los Borrachos, sponsored by Nacho Bizness and El Jefe Tequila, won the 2021 Spring Men's Softball (Open) Division. And the Pirate Squad, sponsored by Britannia Arms of Monterey, won the 2021 Spring Co-Ed Softball (A) Division.

Nacho Bizness is located at 470 Alvarado Street and Britannia Arms is located at 444 Alvarado Street. We thank them for their community involvement, and we know they're excited to add more winning plates to their walls in seasons to come. Go teams!

Learn more about Monterey Recreation's youth and adult field sports programs here.

The Monterey County Health Department has verified that Monterey County will move into California’s Covid-19 Yellow Tier as of Wednesday, June 2, 2021. What that means is businesses, residents, and visitors, working in partnership with the City of Monterey, have demonstrated their commitment to safety and health protocols and all of us are benefiting from it. Thanks to all of you!

With Yellow Tier status:

**Restaurants can increase indoor seating up to 50% capacity

**Gyms and fitness studios can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

**Family entertainment centers can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

**Museums and the Aquarium can open for indoor visitors at 100% capacity

**Bars not serving meals can open indoors up to 25% capacity

**Wineries, breweries, and distilleries can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

Everyone, please keep up the good work! Continue to wear your face mask and socially distance so that we can continue to stay in the Yellow Tier and we can move safely forward to California’s reopening of the economy on June 15, when capacity and distancing restrictions will be lifted for most businesses and activities.

The Monterey County Health Department has verified that Monterey County will move into California’s Covid-19 Yellow Tier as of Wednesday, June 2, 2021. What that means is businesses, residents, and visitors, working in partnership with the City of Monterey, have demonstrated their commitment to safety and health protocols and all of us are benefiting from it. Thanks to all of you!

With Yellow Tier status:

**Restaurants can increase indoor seating up to 50% capacity

**Gyms and fitness studios can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

**Family entertainment centers can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

**Museums and the Aquarium can open for indoor visitors at 100% capacity

**Bars not serving meals can open indoors up to 25% capacity

**Wineries, breweries, and distilleries can increase the number of people indoors up to 50% capacity

Everyone, please keep up the good work! Continue to wear your face mask and socially distance so that we can continue to stay in the Yellow Tier and we can move safely forward to California’s reopening of the economy on June 15, when capacity and distancing restrictions will be lifted for most businesses and activities.

Summer is here and Jamba, located at 398 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, offers a variety of gift cards for you to share in a number of ways. Pick up a gift card and give someone the gift of a refreshing smoothie, bowl, or other grab 'n' go item.

Jamba gift cards never expire, and cards sold in stores can be loaded with any amount between $5 and $100. The best part: Jamba gift cards are versatile! They can be purchased in person at Jamba Monterey, or you can purchase them online as eGift cards or in bulk (good for businesses and organizations).

Venture Gallery presents a show by Elizabeth Ingebretsen, our featured artist for June. An artist used to packing a bag and taking off for parts unknown, since the beginning of the pandemic Elizabeth has been tethered to the Central Coast, painting local waterways and crashing waves. Come view her this exhibition of her recent work.

Venture Gallery is now open daily, 10am-6pm. Elizabeth Ingebretsen's artwork will be featured through June 2021. Venture Gallery is located at 260 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey. Visit our website to shop online for work by our local artists.

Mai Ryuno, artist and owner of Play Full Ground and co-founder of RfCC (Relation, Fashion, Creation & Connection), was recently featured along with local artist Linda Lay in a virtual fashion show, now available for viewing on YouTube!

The 27 minute show, organized by Monterey retail shop Slowfiber to celebrate international Fashion Revolution Week, features the creativity and skill of Monterey County residents who sewed, knitted, upcycled, and mended their own clothing and accessories to create some wonderfully artistic pieces in the past year.

RfCC is a socially engaged art and fashion project by Linda Lay and Mai Ryuno, through which they create garments for each other and share a playful, encouraging, thoughtful and vulnerable approach and process via social media. View more of their work, as well as Mai Ryuno's solo projects, on Play Full Ground's YouTube Channel. Play Full Ground is located at 550 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite E in Monterey.

The Old Monterey Marketplace and Farmer's Market is back! The market is returning to Alvarado Street every Tuesday, 4pm-8pm. We're beginning with a limited farmer's market, featuring local produce and some crafts, as we work our way towards a full reopening on June 15.

The market will take place rain or shine. For the safety of vendors and at-risk individuals, all shoppers must continue to wear a mask over their nose and mouth and maintain social distance. At this time, no sales are allowed to individuals not wearing a face covering. Hand sanitizer stations will be placed throughout the market.

Every Tuesday, 4pm-6pm, Monterey Fire Department will offer the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine at the market. No appointment necessary - just show up.