Editing Novato, California (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Hamilton Field History Museum (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Hamilton Army Airfield|Hamilton Field History Museum]]]]
Prominent museums in Novato include:
*[[Marin Museum of the American Indian]]
*[[Marin Museum of Contemporary Art]]
*[[Hamilton Army Airfield|Hamilton Field Aviation Museum]]
*[[Olompali State Historic Park]]
*Novato History Museum
*The Space Station Museum (Closed)

In the summer, Novato's Parks and Recreation Department hosts a summer concert series, featuring eight free concerts at the Hamilton Amphitheater and the Novato Civic Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=Novato’s Outdoor Concert Series Returns for Summer 2023 |url=https://www.novato.org/Home/Components/News/News/6521/ |website=City of Novato |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> Each June, Novato produces the Novato Art Wine & Music Festival,<ref>{{cite web |title=Novato Chamber Art Wine & Music Festival |url=https://www.novatochamber.com/2023-art-wine-music/ |website=Novato Chamber |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> featuring two music stages, 200 arts and crafts booths, wine and beer booths, and a kids section with games. Other popular Novato events include Rock the Block, a series of concerts on Grant Avenue in the summer, Safe Trick or Treat<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schena |first1=Susan C. |title=Trick-Or-Treating Halloween 2023: Downtown Novato |url=https://patch.com/california/novato/calendar/event/20231028/cd796961-df3d-412b-845f-4c9aecfa489c/trick-or-treating-halloween-2023-downtown-novato |access-date=January 8, 2024 |publisher=Patch.com}}</ref> each Halloween, the annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Sherman Avenue,<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Novato Holiday Tree Lighting |url=https://www.downtownnovato.com/_files/ugd/a34d4a_a279d365649a4f08b07410ef66abfc19.pdf |website=Downtown Novato |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> and the annual Bouncy Ball New Year on Machin Avenue,<ref>{{cite web |title=Downtown Novato Business Association Presents Bouncy Ball New Year |url=https://www.downtownnovato.com/_files/ugd/a34d4a_ce248e3844cc4a89a79f209cdfc4b795.pdf |website=Downtown Novato |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> where 24,000 bouncy balls are dropped from a fire engine ladder for children to catch.

Novato was home to the now closed Space Station Museum which ran from October 7, 2011 until 2020.<ref> http://www.thespacestationca.org/AboutUs.shtml</ref> During the years of activity, the museum held yearly Space Festivals with numeral guests, organizations, speakers, displays, and more.<ref> http://www.thespacestationca.org/NovatoSpaceFestival.shtml </ref> Past guest speakers include [[Apollo 12]] astronaut [[Richard F. Gordon Jr.]], [[Apollo 1]]5 Command Module Pilot [[Alfred Worden]], [[Apollo 16]] Moonwalker [[Charles Duke]], Aerospace Surgeon [[Yvonne Cagle]], several Space Shuttle astronauts including [[Daniel W. Bursch]], [[Steven Smith (astronaut) |Steven Smith]], [[Millie Hughes-Fulford]], [[Rhea Seddon]], [[Robert Lee Gibson]], [[Jerry L. Ross|Jerry Ross]], [[Gregory Harold Johnson]].<ref> http://www.thespacestationca.org/PastEventsArchive.shtml </ref>