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Featured Object
Image: Photo by John Lloyd (Pasdena Star-News Photo Collection)
The "great pumpkin in the sky" decorated the signpost at Roy's Unocal Station in Arcadia, circa 1980. This photo is from the Pasadena Star-News
photo archives, which were donated
to PMH in 1995. The collection is
particularly strong in local images from the 1980s and 1990s.
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Featured Sponsor
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About the Museum
Founded in 1924 to preserve and share the rich history, art, and
culture of Pasadena and neighboring communities, Pasadena Museum of
History has developed into one of the country's premiere institutions
of its size. PMH is an independent nonprofit cultural institution
funded by generous gifts from foundations, corporations, businesses,
individuals, and our members.
The
Mission of the Museum is to promote an appreciation of history,
culture, arts, and sciences relevant to Pasadena and adjoining
communities.
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Our e-calendar, available to Members and Non-Members alike, is designed to keep
our supporters informed about happenings and upcoming events at Pasadena Museum
of History.
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Featured Event
 Un Dia de Fiesta de Otono
Sunday, November 1 (re-scheduled from earlier date of August 23), 12:00 to 5:00 pm
Celebrate
Latino traditions with the whole family on a fall afternoon in the
beautiful gardens of the Fenyes Mansion. Enjoy delicious food, lively
music, and dance performances. Join in workshops for Folklorical dance
and Mexican arts and crafts. Enter the raffle to win a prize.
Sponsored by the Pasadena Mexican American History Association; funds raised will support the Museum's Family Stories exhibition. Parking available at Avery Dennison, entrance off Walnut Street.
Tickets: Free admission; fees for food, beverages and special workshops.
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Current Exhibition
 Family Stories: Sharing a Community's Legacy
Now through January 10, 2010
Wed - Sun, Noon to 5:00 pm
Family
Stories: Sharing a Community's Legacy features the stories of the Duncan, Gertmenian, Lowe,
Stevenson, Kawai, and Mejia families, which helps the Museum shed light on
the experiences of our African-American, Armenian-American, Chinese-American,
Euro-American, Japanese-American, and Latino communities, respectively.
The multi-generational experiences of the six featured families are
shared and interpreted through photographs, documents, artifacts, and
recordings.
The
exhibition, and related programs, places an individual family's story into
a larger local, regional, and national context, and seeks to inspire
visitors to reflect on their own family's history and how their own lives and
experiences are contributing to the ongoing creation of history and community.
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Upcoming Events
Wheels of Change: From Zero to 600 mph - The Amazing Story of California and the Automobile -- Lecture and Booksigning with Author Kevin Nelson
Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 pm
We welcome back author Kevin Nelson, who will discuss his latest book Wheels of Change: From Zero to 600 m.p.h.: The Amazing Story of California and the Automobile. With
the aid of images from his book, Nelson will trace the narrative of
California's car culture from the early days of racing, the adventure
and romance that Hollywood piled on, to the designers and innovations
that Southern California car studios have developed. The exhibition galleries will be open for one hour prior to the lecture.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase (and PMH members will receive 10%-20% off). Reception and booksigning immediately following lecture.
Tickets:
Members Free; Non-Members $5. Reservations suggested, 626.577.1660, ext. 10.
Holiday Membership Appreciation Days
Saturday, November 28 &
Sunday, November 29
PMH Members who show their membership card will receive
free admission and a 20% store discount at 23 participating institutions during this year's Holiday MADness event. Click here
to see the list of participating Southern California institutions.
PMH, in
partnership with 23 other institutions, bi-annually hosts Membership
Appreciation Days (MADness) for members only. This allows members to use their
membership card for two days only to visit other cultural institutions and find
unique, artistic, local, and cultural gifts. If you are not yet a PMH member, you can still enjoy this and the many other
benefits of membership by joining online or by calling
626.577.1660, ext. 11.
And don't forget that November is the last month of our series Family Stories: Tastes, Tales and Tidbits. Click here for tour and luncheon information.
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