Historian Susan Ferentinos is about to change how you see the Bay Area.
For much of history, museums and historic sites left certain people out of the story entirely. Ferentinos has spent years fixing that, working with cultural institutions across the country — including the Golden Gate National Recreation Area — to uncover the LGBTQ , women’s, and other underrepresented histories hiding in plain sight.
And the stakes are real: sites like Muir Woods have spent years building more inclusive histories, only to see that work threatened or erased. Join us for an after-hours conversation about what we all lose when history leaves people out.
• Registration highly recommended.
• Adults and high school students only! Free wine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. Waitlist line opens up at 6:45 on a first come, first served basis.
About the Speaker
Susan Ferentinos, PhD, is a public history consultant working with cultural organizations to expand the stories they tell about the past. She has participated in multiple LGBTQ history projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a project she led on the LGBTQ history of Maryland won the 2025 Allan Berube Public History Award from the LGBTQ History Association. Ferentinos is the author of the book Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites, and a book she edited, The Queer Side of Ridgefield: LGBTQIA Experiences of Ridgefield, Connecticut, is due out this summer. She also serves on the advisory board for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.