Also in Bodega Bay is the Ren Brown Collection , a fine art gallery specializing in works by internationally known Japanese printmakers and Northern California artists. Japanese tansu chests are a specialty. Downtown Sonoma is a magnet for art galleries, most within walking distance of the heralded Sonoma Museum of Art , devoted to local works of art. Not surprisingly, not all of the museums in Sonoma County could be called traditional. In Santa Rosa, the original furnishings and memorabilia of famed horticulturist Luther Burbank are on display at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens .
Docents lead tours through the historic home.
Burbank left his imprint on much of the landscape, and another location not to miss is fascinating Gold Ridge, Burbank's Experimental Farm in Sebastopol, a garden museum of fascinating hybrid plantings. At Santa Rosa's Pacific Coast Air Museum , more than 50 years of aviation are celebrated by installations including meticulously restored vintage aircraft. The Healdsburg Museum is a wonderfully evocative showcase of early Healdsburg history including many Native American artifacts from Sonoma County's original Wappo, Pomo and Miwok people, and some 5,000 photographs of the region's pioneering families. Wine and art have a symbiotic relationship, and many Sonoma County wineries also have gallery space. Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa, Kenwood's Family Wineries, and Bartholomew Park Winery in Sonoma are just a few.