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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Leonis Adobe Museum, Calabasas

Leonis Adobe Museum
23537 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, CA
818-222-6511
http://www.leonisadobemuseum.org/

Weds-Fri, Sun: 1p-4p
Sat: 10a-4p
Closed on Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Suggested Donations
Adults $4
Senior $3
Children <12 $1

Parking:
$3.50 Flat Rate
$2.00 Farmer's Market Parking (Saturday Mornings Only)
Free for Museum Guests

The Leonis Adobe Museum is dedicated to restoring, preserving, and sharing the last of the old west. Here, you can experience California ranch life of the late 1800s... visit a Victorian-style early Los Angeles home... see what a jail was like in the Wild West... enjoy a picnic in picturesque Calabasas Creek Park with its antique ironwork and lovely gardens.

The Leonis Adobe was the home of Miguel Leonis, known as the King of Calabasas. The museum features his authentically furnished two-story Monterey-Style adobe with original buildings, period livestock, gardens and a vineyard--all part of Leonis' recreated ranch where he once ruled the territory.

Although the Leonis Adobe is over 150 years old, the everyday life on the ranch is much the same. Upon entering the wrought-iron gates, the huge White Oak tree still shades the property and one immediately travels back to the 1880 period.

Until it was moved to the Leonis Adobe grounds in 1983, the Plummer House stood in Plummer Park, West Hollywood, where it was known as the "Oldest House in Hollywood". In 1935 it was designated as State Historical Landmark No. 160.

Weekend tours are given every Saturday and Sunday at 1:30pm.

Contact the Museum for its latest information.

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