Press Inquiries

Opening Press Kit: An online press kit for the opening and dedication of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands can be accessed here. It includes a series of press releases in a zip file, a fact sheet, and photographs that can be downloaded for use in stories.

For press inquiries and photo requests, please contact
Mary Perry by email or at 760-202-2267.

Sunnylands Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

Geoffrey Baum, Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Mary Perry, Media & Community Relations
Susan Davis, Communications Specialist

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands to Open

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, which incorporates the historic Annenberg estate and the new Sunnylands Center & Gardens, will open to the public in conjunction with Palm Springs Modernism Week, February...

Sunnylands Opens March 1, 2012

Public tours of the new Sunnylands Center & Gardens and the Sunnylands historic estate and residence will begin on March 1, 2012. The public opening follows a private dedication on February 12 and a partnership...

Annenberg Retreat, a Gift to the Nation, to be Dedicated February 12

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, which will be dedicated on Sunday, February 12, 2012, is the most recent gift to the nation from Walter and Leonore Annenberg. The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands will...

Sunnylands to Host Golf Program for Community Organizations

The 1965 Dick Wilson-designed golf course on Sunnylands, the former 200-acre estate of Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg, was once walked by the likes of Presidents Reagan, Nixon, Ford, and Bush....

Sunnylands Partners with Palm Springs Modernism Week

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands is a featured partner with Palm Springs Modernism Week. February 16 – 26: Pre-opening tours of Sunnylands Center & Gardens and the historic estate and Midcentury...

Exhibition at Sunnylands Center Features Silver-Gilt Collection

When Sunnylands Center & Gardens opens to the public on March 1, 2012, several significant pieces of silver-gilt from the collection of Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg will be on exhibition. The...

Sunnylands Institutes Green Vision Program

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands is committed to environmental sensitivity. The new Sunnylands Center, designed by Frederick Fisher & Partners, architects, received a LEED Gold rating. Sunnylands Center...

Sunnylands Center & Gardens Features Nine-Acres of Beauty

More than 50,000 plants, including 50 species of arid-landscape plants from North and South America, Africa, and the Mediterranean, are on nine-acres of gardens at Sunnylands. Visitors can explore 1.25...

Musician John Legend and former Secretary of State Shultz to be among Panelists at Opening Program Live Web Cast to be Broadcast February 11

A morning of conversations with a select group of global leaders in public policy, education, and the arts will be presented by The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands as part of an invitation-only opening...

Barbara Boxer Recognizes Sunnylands in the U.S. Senate

On Monday, January 23, 2012, Senator Barbara Boxer read into the Congressional Record* the following statement: Mr. President, this year the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg's legendary California...