Projects

What will our community pass on to the next seven generations? What stories, relationships, and ways of caring for this place do we hope they will inherit?

The Museum of the Future is a living community archive and creative gathering space at Graton Town Square. Housed in a repurposed shipping container, it brings together art, storytelling, and community visioning to explore the past, present, and possible futures of Graton and the Green Valley watershed. A project of ReVillage Foundation, launched in partnership with the Graton Community Services District, the museum invites neighbors of all ages to help shape the story of the place we call home.

Through participatory installations, arts pop-ups, and intergenerational storytelling, the museum creates opportunities to share memories, listen across generations, and give form to our hopes for the future. Elders carry stories of how this place has changed. Young people bring questions and possibilities that adults may overlook. Artists help turn these encounters into experiences we can see, hear, touch, and contribute to. Together, these contributions form an evolving portrait of our community and its relationship with the living landscape.

The museum’s early programming has included THE SEED, an interactive storytelling installation led by artist Jun Jun Li, inviting children, parents, and neighbors to contribute visions of Graton’s past, present, and future. As the project grows, our intention is to connect these creative experiences with a shared Seven Generations Vision: an ongoing conversation about what we want to preserve, what needs to change, and what we can begin building together.

At its heart, the Museum of the Future makes room for questions that deserve our collective attention. How do we care for the land and one another? What makes it possible for different generations to stay and thrive here? Which stories are missing from our shared memory? And what might future neighbors thank us for doing today?

We welcome artists, elders, young people, storytellers, and curious neighbors to help this project take shape. Bring a memory, a question, a creative practice, or a vision for the place you love.