Book Club
Monthly meetings on the first Wednesdays of each month 9:30 - 10:30 AM PST at the Triton Museum of Art. (doors open at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and donuts; presentation begins at 9:30 a.m.)
We invite you to read selected novels about art or famous artists before we meet, and then join us on the first Wednesday morning of each month, for an art history presentation about that month’s novel, the portrayed artist, and related art, as presented by Triton Museum Executive Director Preston Metcalf and Triton Museum Associate Curator Vanessa Callanta. Learn how the novel does — or doesn’t — comport to the actual history of its subject, and hear more about the artwork and the artists’ times in which they were created.
Admission to the monthly book club art history lectures is free for Triton Museum of Art Members ($5 donation requested for non-members), and all are welcome, whether you have actually read the book or not. Coffee and pastries will be served.
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Discussions are held safely distanced & in person at the Triton Museum of Art Free for TMA members, $5 suggested donation for non-members
Take a look at what we'll be reading for 2026!
This Upcoming Month's Book:
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
June 3rd, 2026
REMINDER: There is Book Club for the month of May
When the Book Itself is a Work of Visual Art
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When rare-book expert Hanna Heath is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of a priceless and beautiful book, one of the the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images, she is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its creation to its rescue at her hands. It is the book as literature, the book as history, and the book as art.
More than just literary masterpieces, the books themselves can sometimes become works of visual art. Join Triton Executive Director, Art Historian — and antiquarian book collector — Preston Metcalf as he shares the art of some of the most beautiful books ever made. Stunning to look at, and who knows … you may even want to read them!
