The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum encourages locals to purchase an official California license plate with Snoopy on it to help benefit the museum through the California Association of Museums. The Department of Motor Vehicles is issuing 7,500 of the plates—5,300 of which are already sold—and needs to complete the remaining 2,200 presales before production of the plates can begin.
The Snoopy plate, emblazoned with the motto “museums are for everyone,” will raise funds for a competitive grant program administered by the California Cultural and Historical Endowment to support California’s museums. Those with the plate, nicknamed “Beagle Backers,” will receive discounted admission to participating museums statewide.
Those interested in preorder can visit snoopyplate.com to purchase a sequential plate for $50 or a personalized plate for $98. More information is available at calmuseums.org.
This article appears in Jun 18-25, 2015.