San Francisco rent a car and The Charles M. Schulz Museum

Good grief Charlie Brown! If youre like millions of other cartoon fans around the world chances are youve heard plenty about Charles M. Schulz and his ground breaking comic strip Peanuts. Peanuts which was originally called Lil Folks was been featured in countless newspapers across the country and around the world, providing people from all walks of life with a daily chuckle for more than 50 years. An integral part of contemporary pop culture, the Peanuts comic strip will remain forever immortalized inside one of San Franciscos most popular museums the Charles M. Schulz Museum on Hardies Lane in Santa Rosa. Home to hundreds of exhibits and educational events, the Charles M. Schulz Museum was opened in August of 2000 commemorating a lifetime of achievement in the area of cartoon artistry and imagination. A museum quite unlike any other in California, the Charles M. Schulz Museum is open weekdays (except Tuesdays) Noon-5pm, and weekends 10am-5pm. A definite must-see for San Francisco rent a car customers, the Charles M. Schultz Museum is located about 60 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Created by cartoon historian, Mark Cohen, Schultzs second wife, Jeannie, and Schultzs longtime friend and attorney, Edwin Anderson, the Charles M. Schultz Museum is more than youre average artistic showcase. Designed to show the world how Schultzs work had inspired, healed and educated the human race, the Charles M. Schulz Museum features a Snoopy shaped labyrinth, a state-of-the-art research center, numerous classrooms as well as a theater, store and display areas. Housed inside a C. David Robison building, the Charles M. Schultz Museum welcomes San Francisco rent a car travelers of all ages, so please feel free to drop in! San Francisco rent a car customers of all backgrounds are sure to enjoy this slice of contemporary culture, so dont delay plan to visit the Charles M. Schultz Museum today!

Interesting Facts about the Life of Charles M. Schultz

November 16, 1922 Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis. His uncle would later nickname him Sparky after the character Sparkplug from the Barney Google comic strip.
Schultzs first published drawing appeared in the comic feature Believe it or Not by Robert Ripley. Shultz was just 15 at the time.
Schulz sold his strip Lil Folks to the United Feature Syndicate in 1950. The paper would later change the strips name to Peanuts, a title Schultz would never learn to like!
1952 marked the firsts year that the Sunday Peanuts page was published. 40 newspapers would pick up the strip during this year. Schulzs first book collection, Peanuts, would also be published in 52.
During his lifetime Charles Schultz would go on to win countless awards including the Rueben Award for National Cartoonists in 1955 and then again in 1964. Schultz would also win a Peabody and an Emmy for his first animated TV feature A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965. Other awards include Emmys for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Youre a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown. Schultz also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a spot in the Cartoonist Hall of Fame, and his own arena.
In 1969 Charlie Brown and Snoopy would accompany astronauts on board Apollo X.
Schultz retired from the limelight in December of 1999. He died in his sleep on February 12, 2000. His final Peanuts strip would run the following day in newspapers around the world.

If you are interested in embarking on a tour of the Charles M. Schultz Museum during your upcoming Super Cheap San Francisco rent a car vacation please feel free to contact the tours offices at tours@schulzmuseum.org. Self-guided tours are available from noon until 4pm on weekdays and 10am until 4pm on weekends. It is recommended that you spend at least 2 hours in the museum for the best possible experience. Private tours of the museum can also be arranged for those San Francisco rent a car travelers looking to embark on the ultimate Charles M. Schultz experience. Private tours must contain at least 10 people, but no more than 40.

For more information on the Charles M. Schulz Museum please feel free to contact the museums head office at 707-579-4452. The museum also maintains an online resource page at www.schulzmuseum.org.