I also am a Peanuts lover, life long infact. If you at all like Snoopy and the gang i dont see how you could be dissapointed here.

It IS the Charles M. Schulz museum afterall, its more to commemerate his life than it is to salute the charachters.

Some of the strips displayed that were done by other comic strip writers to salute Mr. Schulz after his death were quite moving.

Some of the original hand drawn strips are displayed, take the time to read them, if you like Peanuts you surely will find something to make you smile.

Its not the Smithsonian. It is a nice tribute to a man who brought laughter and smiles to millions around the world.

The small gift shop in the museum doesnt have alot of variety, but the Peanuts store across from the ice rink has a good selection of stuff, i have a hard time getting out of there without spending too much.

I'm a big Peanuts fan and decided to take the hour drive from San Francisco while visiting. While the facility was modern and nice. The museum offered little about Peanuts characters themselves. One room contained Peanuts-related cartoons by other well known cartoonists which was nice. Another showed the chronolgy of Schultz' life which offered little to anyone who has already read any literature about the man. Another room had Schultz' work room recreated was which was interesting. The last room had a Peanuts cartoon theme du jour which when I visited was the four seasons. It showed about a dozen panels of how Shultz depicted the seasons in Peanuts. There was no space given to how each Peanuts character developed over the years which I found shocking for a Peanuts museum. No space dedicated to classic comics of each character. No space about what Schultx thought of each character. Finally, the museum shop and a seperate shop on the other side of the ice rink had a very poor selection of Peanuts items. You'd be better off shopping on eBay. I was with three other folks and we all had the same disappointed conclusion. If you are already in Santa Rosa then stop by but don't make a special trip here. It just isn't worth it.