November 2010

Through the extensive collection of art, documents, images and artifacts, visitors can gain a better knowledge of the role of Chinese and Chinese Americans in establishing the California community and the 150-year Chinese American experience in California. The museum is housed inside the oldest surviving Chinese buildings in Southern California—the Garnier Building and an adjacent historic structure (425 North Los Angeles Street). The Museum site stands inside El Pueblo Monument, a 44-acre public park located at the City’s “birthplace” in downtown Los Angeles.

Rotating exhibits display numerous elements of Japanese life and art, both past and present. The permanent exhibition, "Common Ground: The Heart of Community," incorporates hundreds of objects, documents and photographs to chronicle 130 years of Japanese American history, beginning with the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present. Among the notable artifacts on display is a Heart Mountain barracks, an original structure saved and preserved from the concentration camp in Wyoming. 

The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula," depicts the uses of local land and its inhabitants over time. The heart of this exhibit – and a key attraction for children of all ages – is a replica of downtown Los Altos in 1932 that features a model railroad and many of the sights and sounds of that era. Visitors can also take a journey with the Ohlone Indians, Mexican land grantees, early California settlers, and apricot growers as they make what is now Los Altos their home.

Visitors can also see the J. Gilbert Smith History House, located on one of the last active apricot orchards in the Santa Clara Valley. The Craftsman-style house features period furnishings, toys and decorative arts that all rekindle memories of a simpler time.

The Museum was established in Lompoc’s former Carnegie Library to display s collection of Chumash and other Native American artifacts. The adjacent Artesia School Museum was the first country school in the Lompoc Valley. The school was built in 1876 and is now fully restored and furnished for public viewing on the fourth Saturday of every month from 2-4 p.m. (from website)

The museum’s collection represents thousands of years of history—some objects dating as far back as 10,000 years—and it demonstrates the artistry and skill of the hemisphere’s first inhabitants. The Barona Cultural Center & Museum showcases maps and treaties of ancient Tribal territories, interactive displays of Kumeyaay/Diegueño life, listening alcoves featuring sounds and songs of ancient Native American life and exhibits that illustrate important industries of the people, such as basketry, pottery making, and flaking of stone tools. The museum’s collection includes everyday items such as coiled baskets and grinding stones, ceramic and shell objects (some ceremonial), and currency.

The diving equipment, artifacts, and exhibits included at this museum document exploratory underwater activities from the last 4,000 years.

The museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents, photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving. They tell the international story of man’s attempts to explore, understand and venture under the sea. They also celebrate the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story.

The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women, and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust. The Museum is dedicated to teaching members of all races and cultures to recognize the inherent worth and dignity of human life in order to prevent future genocides.

The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg is one of the largest establishments in the country dealing with the history of the Holocaust. Among its many exhibits is an authentic box car in which the Nazis transported Jews to concentration camps.

Completed in 1915, the Lanterman House was built by the second generation of La Cañada's founding family, the Lantermans. The house sits on 1.4 acres of restored lawns, gardens and majestic oak groves and comprises 11,250 square feet. The gardens have been recreated to the look of period landscaping. The house retains its exquisite original interiors and furnishings, including elaborate hand-painted wall and ceiling ornamentation. (from website)

The Florida Historical Society's archives, which include an extensive manuscript and newspaper collection, are geared mostly towards research.

Flagler Beach Historical Museum explores the history of the region form the Stone Age to the Space Age. Displays begin with ancient dinosaur bones and fast forward to futuristic dehydrated space food and a flag that rode the Shuttle Endeavour into space.