We're Celebrating Our Fifth Birthday!

The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is celebrating its Fifth Anniversary with a special exhibit with photographic highlights of its first five years. This exhibit will be on display from September 2 through October 14, 2006.

The exhibit will also include photographs of museums from Arcadia’s past, including the Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum (shown in photo), which came to Arcadia in 1935 and was located on a 6-acre lot on Huntington Drive at Colorado Place. The exhibit will also feature information about the first museum in Arcadia and the community’s contributions to the preservation of Arcadia’s heritage.

The Museum Is Cool!

Need a cool spot to go to that is both entertaining and free? Then come to the Arcadia Historical Museum any time Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.! Admission is always free and there are interesting permanent exhibits, as well as a special exhibit entitled the "Arcadia Immigrant Experience" on display now through August 25th. Using the techniques of oral historians, the students of Oliver Beckwith's Arcadia High School Advanced Placement U.S. History class created an exhibit that tells some of the stories of Arcadia's immigrants.