The Discovery Center will present the story of the San Gabriel River watershed, emphasize the importance of water resources and the natural values of the watershed, and provide educational and outdoor experiences for people of all ages. The Center will also continue...

The American Military Museum has been collecting, preserving, restoring, and sharing the largest inter-service collection of military equipment in the Western United States for over 57 years. Come and visit our facility in South El Monte and check out the collection...

Come learn about Walter P. Temple, the founder of our city, and his family! Come visit and learn about the early days of Temple City! Come see household items used by past Temple City residents! Come see everything from old toys to old farm equipment! Come see photos...

The Hurst family, Josiah Newell, his wife Anna Belle, and their three children, Allie, Harriet Maude, and Charles Josiah, moved from Dover, Ohio to Whittier, CA in 1898. In 1906, the family purchased 50 acres on the corner of Orange and Merced in West Covina. Soon, a...

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was founded 8 September 1771 by Blessed Junípero Serra. The mission is named for Archangel Gabriel. The original site for the mission carried the Indian name Sibagna, or Tobiscagna. Moved from its original site because of disruptions by...

THE MUSEUM opened at this site in 1991 after a number of moves in search of a permanent home. For many years, however, the Historical Association had been collecting pictures and other research materials, as well as many artifacts which illustrate life in San Gabriel...

Of special interest to visitors is the Historical Museum operated and maintained by the Monterey Park Historical Society.

Excellent first-person insight into early California, San Gabriel’s development, and the Victorian period are offered at the San Gabriel Historical Association Museum and lovely, Victorian Hayes House. Information about the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians, local schools...

Visitors can view a sprig of Edelweiss picked in 1603 that had been circulated in circus tents and sideshows in Europe, slippers, combs and spurs used during the mid-1800s, artifacts and photos from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, unpublished photographs...

The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a unique 127 acre botanical garden and historical site jointly operated by the Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation and located in the city of Arcadia. Home...