Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91604
818-763-7651
http://www.campodecahuenga.com
Sat: 11a-3p
The Campo site is currently closed for renovations, now nearly complete. Visit their site for re-opening information in the near future. Despite the closure, they still do the signing reenactment each January.
The Campo de Cahuenga is a place of celebrations. Each January, for more than half a century the events of 1847 are celebrated anew. In a reenactment of the signing of a document by representatives of Mexico and the United States that became known as the Treaty of Cahuenga, signatures of General Andres Pico and Lt. Col. John C. Fremont ended hostilities in the state, creating Peace with Honor. In two years, without first becoming a U.S. territory, California was fast-tracked into the Union. Manifest Destiny was realized. We were one nation from sea to shining sea. All Californians became one people-Americans. To this day, Campo de Cahuenga is a place for celebrating our multi-cultural contributions.
An adobe-like museum building dedicated by Los Angeles in 1951 serves the Campo today. Outside, a display of the latest excavation of the original adobe is on view, one that extends under busy Lankershim Boulevard. All around are the footprints of history. Native Tongva peoples knew this site at the strategic ford of the Los Angeles River. The first Californios walked here. Missionaries, rancheros, gold seekers, pioneers crossed paths here. The Butterfield Stagecoach once stopped at the Campo. A Civil War encampment was erected here. By stepping into Campo de Cahuenga today, visitors become the newest chapter in the hallowed Campo legacy.
Managed by the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association under the auspices of the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation for future generations.
The Campo de Cahuenga story is told in art and architecture at the Metro Rail Universal Station on the Red Line, directly adjacent to the Campo. Learn about the artists' visions here. http://www.metro.net/about_us/metroart/ma_mrrlumg.htm
For more information and photos on the Campo, visit the Los Angeles County Department of Recreation and Parks website: http://www.laparks.org/dos/historic/campo.htm
Contact the Campo for its latest information.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center, Los Angeles
Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center
411 Bernard Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-222-0856
http://www.chssc.org/chsscpage.shtml
Sun: 12p-4:30p
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California was founded in 1975. It's aim is to discover and share Chinese-American history. In 1995, the Society moved into these two Victorian houses (see top picture), built in 1886 and 1888 by Philip Fritz, an emigrant from Alsace (German/French border region), for his family.
Today, the Visitors Center shows the history of the Chinese in Southern California. On display are also artifacts from the archaeological dig performed during excavations for the Metro Red line at Union Station (the location of Los Angeles' original Chinatown).
Archive Room: The research collection includes manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, as well as tapes and transcripts from a Chinatown oral history project.
The bookstore stocks volumes on local and national Chinese-American history.
Historical Tour of New Chinatown
Chinatown was relocated in 1938 to its present location from the area where Union Station is now. The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California offers docent guided historical tour of the New Chinatown.
A tour can be anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours. It is dependent on the availability of our volunteer docents. The cost is $5 per adult and $3 per student for a group tour of up to 2 hours. There is a minimum of 10 person required in a group tour. Please call for appointment, 323.222.0856.
If you prefer to go on a self guided tour you can pick up a self-guided walking historic trail. The brochure is Angels Walk LA prepared by MTA. It is free.
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California also offers a number of educational programs located at different venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Visit their website for current events.
Contact the Historical Society for its latest information.
411 Bernard Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-222-0856
http://www.chssc.org/chsscpage.shtml
Sun: 12p-4:30p
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California was founded in 1975. It's aim is to discover and share Chinese-American history. In 1995, the Society moved into these two Victorian houses (see top picture), built in 1886 and 1888 by Philip Fritz, an emigrant from Alsace (German/French border region), for his family.
Today, the Visitors Center shows the history of the Chinese in Southern California. On display are also artifacts from the archaeological dig performed during excavations for the Metro Red line at Union Station (the location of Los Angeles' original Chinatown).
Archive Room: The research collection includes manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, as well as tapes and transcripts from a Chinatown oral history project.
The bookstore stocks volumes on local and national Chinese-American history.
Historical Tour of New Chinatown
Chinatown was relocated in 1938 to its present location from the area where Union Station is now. The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California offers docent guided historical tour of the New Chinatown.
A tour can be anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours. It is dependent on the availability of our volunteer docents. The cost is $5 per adult and $3 per student for a group tour of up to 2 hours. There is a minimum of 10 person required in a group tour. Please call for appointment, 323.222.0856.
If you prefer to go on a self guided tour you can pick up a self-guided walking historic trail. The brochure is Angels Walk LA prepared by MTA. It is free.
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California also offers a number of educational programs located at different venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Visit their website for current events.
Contact the Historical Society for its latest information.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Borrego Desert Nature Center, Borrego Springs
Borrego Desert Nature Center
652 Palm Canyon Drive (off Christmas Circle)
Borrego Springs, CA
760-767-3098
http://www.california-desert.org/
Daily 9a-5p
The Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association (ABDNHA) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to educational and interpretive activities and to the promotion of historical and scientific endeavors pertinent to the deserts of the Southwest. ABDNHA operates the Borrego Desert Nature Center.
- ABDNHA publishes, distributes and sells books, pamphlets, maps and other visual aids concerning the Anza-Borrego Desert region
- ABDNHA conducts guided tours in Anza-Borrego
- ABDNHA presents lectures and programs of interest and concern to those who live and visit here
- ABDNHA advances our knowledge of natural history, archaeology, paleontology and related fields by funding research
Check their calendar of events to participate in the above.
Contact the Center for its latest information.
652 Palm Canyon Drive (off Christmas Circle)
Borrego Springs, CA
760-767-3098
http://www.california-desert.org/
Daily 9a-5p
The Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association (ABDNHA) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to educational and interpretive activities and to the promotion of historical and scientific endeavors pertinent to the deserts of the Southwest. ABDNHA operates the Borrego Desert Nature Center.
- ABDNHA publishes, distributes and sells books, pamphlets, maps and other visual aids concerning the Anza-Borrego Desert region
- ABDNHA conducts guided tours in Anza-Borrego
- ABDNHA presents lectures and programs of interest and concern to those who live and visit here
- ABDNHA advances our knowledge of natural history, archaeology, paleontology and related fields by funding research
Check their calendar of events to participate in the above.
Contact the Center for its latest information.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
219 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
at the Village Green Heritage Center, downtown
760-323-0151, 760-778-1079
http://www.accmuseum.org/
Summer Hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
Fri-Sat: 10a-5p
Sun: 12p-5p
Seasonal Hours (Labor Day to Memorial Day)
Weds-Sat: 10a-5p
Sun: 12p-5p
FREE
Note: the Museum was planning a major renovation, contact the museum for status.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is an organization that preserves, interprets, and provides access to the history and culture of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and other Cahuilla peoples.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is the first Native American museum to be part of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program. This special relationship provides opportunities to share resources in programming, collections, scholarship, and technical expertise -- and entitles the Museum to bring world-acclaimed exhibitions to the Coachella Valley.
A southern California basket collection of over 400 items features the works of Cahuilla basketweavers and their neighboring tribes. It is an excellent resource for comparative studies of styles, techniques, and materials.
Cahuilla ceramics include ollas, cooking pots, pendants, and pipes. Shell beads, bone tools, and numerous stone utensils such as manos, metates, mortars, and pestles used for food preparation are represented in the collections. Historic period artifacts from early habitation sites include items such as cans, bottles, china, and buttons.
The Tahquitz Canyon Archaeological Collection contains over 50,000 artifacts from the oldest and largest village site and is one of the most extensive excavation projects in California. The collection includes all field notes and photographs of the projects, as well as ethnographic and ethnohistoric reports. The Ruth Dunham Shepard Collection has extensive artifact material from the Coachella Valley with accompanying field notes. Additional archaeological materials from various locations are included.
Cahuilla history and culture of today are not ignored. Contemporary arts and artifacts are continually added to the collections.
Contact the museum for its latest information.
219 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
at the Village Green Heritage Center, downtown
760-323-0151, 760-778-1079
http://www.accmuseum.org/
Summer Hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
Fri-Sat: 10a-5p
Sun: 12p-5p
Seasonal Hours (Labor Day to Memorial Day)
Weds-Sat: 10a-5p
Sun: 12p-5p
FREE
Note: the Museum was planning a major renovation, contact the museum for status.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is an organization that preserves, interprets, and provides access to the history and culture of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and other Cahuilla peoples.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is the first Native American museum to be part of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program. This special relationship provides opportunities to share resources in programming, collections, scholarship, and technical expertise -- and entitles the Museum to bring world-acclaimed exhibitions to the Coachella Valley.
A southern California basket collection of over 400 items features the works of Cahuilla basketweavers and their neighboring tribes. It is an excellent resource for comparative studies of styles, techniques, and materials.
Cahuilla ceramics include ollas, cooking pots, pendants, and pipes. Shell beads, bone tools, and numerous stone utensils such as manos, metates, mortars, and pestles used for food preparation are represented in the collections. Historic period artifacts from early habitation sites include items such as cans, bottles, china, and buttons.
The Tahquitz Canyon Archaeological Collection contains over 50,000 artifacts from the oldest and largest village site and is one of the most extensive excavation projects in California. The collection includes all field notes and photographs of the projects, as well as ethnographic and ethnohistoric reports. The Ruth Dunham Shepard Collection has extensive artifact material from the Coachella Valley with accompanying field notes. Additional archaeological materials from various locations are included.
Cahuilla history and culture of today are not ignored. Contemporary arts and artifacts are continually added to the collections.
Contact the museum for its latest information.
Catalina Island Museum, Avalon
Catalina Island Museum
On the ground floor of the world-famous Casino Building. The entrance is across from the Casino Dock Café and faces Avalon Bay.
310-510-2414
http://www.catalinamuseum.org/
CURRENTLY BEING RENOVATED. SCHEDULED TO REOPEN IN FEB 2011.
Winter Hours(January – March): Fri-Weds: 10a-4p
Regular Hours(April – December): Daily: 10a-4p
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
Adults $5
Seniors $4
Children (6-15) $2
Children <6 Free
The Museum celebrates the Island’s rich cultural heritage with many fun and informative exhibits. Current exhibits include an award-winning exhibit featuring the romantic era of Catalina’s steamships, Native Americans, a relief map of the Island from the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago, a floor-to-ceiling display case showcasing our amazing Catalina Island pottery and tile, the Birth of Sportfishing, Chicago Cubs spring training, Catalina’s role in WWII and much more!
The Museum’s collections, comprised of historical and cultural items from and about Santa Catalina Island, support the Museum's mission by fostering awareness and appreciation of our island’s heritage through their use in research, exhibitions and educational programs. Over the years the Museum has built collections, primarily through donations, which can be divided into the areas of history, archaeology and research archives. The collections, totaling approximately 150,000 items, fall into the following categories: archaeology, photographs, ephemera, newspapers, archives, postcards, three-dimensional historical collections, natural history, library, oral history, audio/visual and art.
The Museum also offers exciting events and programs throughout the year, such as the annual Silent Film Benefit, docent-led tours, school programs, lectures, Open House at the Inn on Mt. Ada, live Telethon (broadcast locally and online) and more.
Contact the museum for its latest information.
On the ground floor of the world-famous Casino Building. The entrance is across from the Casino Dock Café and faces Avalon Bay.
310-510-2414
http://www.catalinamuseum.org/
CURRENTLY BEING RENOVATED. SCHEDULED TO REOPEN IN FEB 2011.
Winter Hours(January – March): Fri-Weds: 10a-4p
Regular Hours(April – December): Daily: 10a-4p
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
Adults $5
Seniors $4
Children (6-15) $2
Children <6 Free
The Museum celebrates the Island’s rich cultural heritage with many fun and informative exhibits. Current exhibits include an award-winning exhibit featuring the romantic era of Catalina’s steamships, Native Americans, a relief map of the Island from the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago, a floor-to-ceiling display case showcasing our amazing Catalina Island pottery and tile, the Birth of Sportfishing, Chicago Cubs spring training, Catalina’s role in WWII and much more!
The Museum’s collections, comprised of historical and cultural items from and about Santa Catalina Island, support the Museum's mission by fostering awareness and appreciation of our island’s heritage through their use in research, exhibitions and educational programs. Over the years the Museum has built collections, primarily through donations, which can be divided into the areas of history, archaeology and research archives. The collections, totaling approximately 150,000 items, fall into the following categories: archaeology, photographs, ephemera, newspapers, archives, postcards, three-dimensional historical collections, natural history, library, oral history, audio/visual and art.
The Museum also offers exciting events and programs throughout the year, such as the annual Silent Film Benefit, docent-led tours, school programs, lectures, Open House at the Inn on Mt. Ada, live Telethon (broadcast locally and online) and more.
Contact the museum for its latest information.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Diego Sepulveda Adobe, Costa Mesa
Diego Sepulveda Adobe
Estancia Park
1900 Adams Blvd
Costa Mesa, CA
http://www.costamesahistory.org/adobe.htm
1st and 3rd Saturdays: 12p-4p
Other times available by appointment
The Adobe encompasses nearly 200 years of Costa Mesa history in beautiful Estancia Park overlooking the Santa Ana River bed.
There are artifacts from the first native inhabitants, the adobe from the Spanish settlers and the Mission Period, and up to the first World War where it held the meetings of an American Legion Post. They even discovered the skeleton of a mastodon.
In addition to the historical and cultural displays, the interiors and furniture are also done in period pieces.
Related Costa Mesa Historical Society Museum.
Contact the Costa Mesa Historical Society for latest information.
Estancia Park
1900 Adams Blvd
Costa Mesa, CA
http://www.costamesahistory.org/adobe.htm
1st and 3rd Saturdays: 12p-4p
Other times available by appointment
The Adobe encompasses nearly 200 years of Costa Mesa history in beautiful Estancia Park overlooking the Santa Ana River bed.
There are artifacts from the first native inhabitants, the adobe from the Spanish settlers and the Mission Period, and up to the first World War where it held the meetings of an American Legion Post. They even discovered the skeleton of a mastodon.
In addition to the historical and cultural displays, the interiors and furniture are also done in period pieces.
Related Costa Mesa Historical Society Museum.
Contact the Costa Mesa Historical Society for latest information.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Calico Early Man Site, Barstow
Calico Early Man Site
~15 miles northest of Barstow
Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/calico.html
Weds: 12:30p-4:30p
Thurs-Sun: 9a-4:30p
Guided Tours
Weds: 1:30 and 3:30
Thurs-Sun: 9:30a, 11:30a, 1:30p and 3:30p
Adults (1 or 2 persons) $5, each additional person $2.50
Children (12 and under) $1
Seniors (62+) $2
--It is thought that early nomadic hunters stopped in this area as a possible stone tool workshop, quarry or campsite
--Numerous artifacts have been found including stone knives, picks and chopping tools
--This is the only New World project undertaken by the famed Dr Leakey
--In addition to the tours, they have interactive and demonstration sessions
Visit the BLM website for the latest information.
~15 miles northest of Barstow
Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/calico.html
Weds: 12:30p-4:30p
Thurs-Sun: 9a-4:30p
Guided Tours
Weds: 1:30 and 3:30
Thurs-Sun: 9:30a, 11:30a, 1:30p and 3:30p
Adults (1 or 2 persons) $5, each additional person $2.50
Children (12 and under) $1
Seniors (62+) $2
--It is thought that early nomadic hunters stopped in this area as a possible stone tool workshop, quarry or campsite
--Numerous artifacts have been found including stone knives, picks and chopping tools
--This is the only New World project undertaken by the famed Dr Leakey
--In addition to the tours, they have interactive and demonstration sessions
Visit the BLM website for the latest information.
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