History Park

I went here for the History Park Halloween Haunt event recently and my son had a blast! I really like the fact that they limit the amount of tickets they sell. It makes the event more safe and walkable for the little ones that attend. My son was able to enjoy the Halloween activities and was able to trick-or-treat for the first time! Tickets were really affordable at $8 per ticket. This is a wonderful event for parents with little ones that are around 6 and under. I wish they had the event on both Saturday and Sunday instead of just one day, though!

History Park is such an underrated spot for some fun! Admission is free so I regularly come here to walk and/or have a picnic. They serve as a venue for events all of the time so check their website for what's coming up.What to Do:History park is home to the Viet Museum, Portuguese Historical Museum, and so many historical buildings that you can tour. Be sure to check when the museums are open since they have limited hours. They have a running trolley that you can ride on Saturdays between 12-3:15pm. Every Wednesday and Friday, they offer tours of the park at 1PM at an extra cost that you can book in advance. Rest Areas: They have plenty of picnic bench seating throughout the park. I have seen tour groups of 60-90 kids come and have picnics on the benches after their tours. Parking: You can park in a small lot at the main entrance on Phelan or if that lot is full, you can park at the Kelley Park parking lot at the end of Phelan and walk over to the entrance of History Park. Staff: Staff is always super friendly and kind. You can tell they enjoy the space. Ambiance: Quaint old town vibes with charm. This is such a cute place to walk.

History Park is located in the big Kelly Park in the middle of San Jose but I think to this day, it's still one of those hidden gems that not a lot of people go to. The entrance is on the other side of the park and not next to the parking lot that is next to the Japanese Friendship Garden. I do wish they had another entrance right there. I remember back in the days when History Park was always lively with a lot of people and tours. But nowadays, I visit History Park whenever there's an event there and it's nice to see the park lively with cultural events but I do wish that there are events that bring History Park more alive. It feels like a movie set walking around. It takes you back to simpler times and just looking at the vintage homes and the architecture is absolutely stunning. I also love the replica of the San Jose Light Tower and rumor has it, it was an inspiration for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. If you ever get a chance to visit History Park, I highly recommend visiting it whenever they have events there.

The Annual Classic Car Show...2024- Wow Great Show $10 for adults the rest are cheeper. Quite a show of cars, trucks and sone army vehicles today. These are cars from the 20's 30's and 40's. This is not your usual Hot Rod Car Show we've all seen before. Exhibitors are mainly dressed in era clothing. A live band about 8-9 of them playing those classic tunes. Other exhibitors here to raise awareness of their organizationWood carvings, embroidery, hats, license plates and of course the model train room.Great for kids to see the ild way, dogs permitted. Lots of shade and tables, bring your picnic or go to the food truckThe surrounding old buildings complete the atmosphere and the folks you'll meet complete the story. See you next September and bring the kidsMartin-foodguy

We LOVE History Park! We came here once for the Halloween night. I would HIGHLY recommend it. definitely wanna check out the Christmas night as well if they have it.The Halloween night included: most of the houses were decorated and they were decorated super cute and spooky! They went all out. And also there was the cutest light show with dancing pumpkins on the big back drop of the building where the ice cream place is. There were kids dancing and people just enjoying themselves. I loved it and my hubby liked it too.We spent about 30 min walking around and taking pics and then about 30 min watching the show. It had good spooky fun music too. Then we did about a 5 or 10 min ride on the back of an open vehicle lol.The second time we went, we went for the tea party which was Alice n wonderland themed. I would say that that was cute and for a good cause for the museum. We took pics and spent about 1 hour there enjoying ourselves and the servers were really nice and attentive. Afterwards we spent an hour walking around and going to every exhibit which was really nice.I love it here. Definitely wanna come back for their other events.

I love this place!!!!! It's very educational and you really do learn a lot about the history of San Jose. Definitely a great place to come to if you want to learn more about the city or just want a nice place to taken a walk. I highly recommend visiting!

Came out here for a carshow/concert. Found it to be a really cool back drop for all the lowriders/old school cars. Cool venue, plenty of shade and areas to set up and just relax.

We were planning to visit the Viet museum on Sunday and we checked the time was from 12-4pm on the weekend and we got there at around 2pm but it closed! However, the History Park was an interesting place to visit. Seems like we travelled back in time....

If you like history then this is the spot for you in San Jose. You're taken to the olde San Jose of yesterday and you get to see how a lot of things were not so long ago. The park is free, but you do have to pay for parking which is pretty fair. The grounds are pretty big and and you're pretty much left to your own devices on how you want to explore. A nice little place to visit on a nice beautiful day.

I took my little to the Children's Heritage Holiday event today and it was kind of a waste. 1st - parking is $10. 2nd - $5 for adults & $8 for kids less than 5. The time states it is open from 11-3pm and I arrived around 1pm. Santa left at 130p and the balloon artist left at 2:30p. They only had one person for balloon art and paint art so you can imagine the line. A parent said she waited 30 minutes for a balloon so you can only imagine a child's patience. I would think for this type of event they would have more artists. They have trolley and tractor rides which were a nice touch and some crafts. There was also. A train display that my little was interested in for less than 5 minutes. Overall, I would not waste my time on this event again.