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We are striving to provide increased online content to our community. This blog features articles related to the Museum's vast collections and changing exhibitions.
A Clock and Its Maker
A mysterious clock, Pasadena Tournament of Roses®, and Pasadena’s first undertaker – what do they have in common?
At Home Activities: Inspired by Nature
Since we are unable to host Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day this year, we compiled these nature-inspired activities for some at home fun along …
Blooming Messages: The Victorian Language of Flowers
Eva Scott Fenyes (1849-1930), whose Pasadena estate is now home to Pasadena Museum of History, left the museum a stunning collection of drawings and watercolors …
From the PMH Volunteer Bookshelf
Looking for your next book to read? Check out these recommendations from members of the Museum’s Volunteer Book Club.
Pasadena’s First “First Responders”
They may not have called themselves Pasadena’s Bucket Brigade, but we should consider the citizens of Pasadena as this young city’s first “first responders.” There …
Preserving the Protest: The Scrapbook of Mary A. Holmes
Historian, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote “well-behaved women seldom make history” to describe colonial women who were included in the community, but whose records and lives …
Out of the Dumpster and Into the Archives
Finding history in a collection of photographs and newspaper clippings is an exciting time in the Archives. When a stack of seemingly unimportant papers and …
Ernest Batchelder’s European Sketches
Ernest Batchelder is renowned for the distinctive softly-hued tiles his firm produced during the early twentieth century. These tiles, which adorn public, commercial, and private …
Early Pasadena: An Astonishing Garden of Flowers
Early Pasadena was often described by visitors as a paradise. Webster defined paradise as “any place … of blissful delights,” and one of the delights …
Leaving the Past Behind & Starting Anew in Pasadena
“Dr. Adalbert Fenyes, wife, and daughter of New York City are recent arrivals in Pasadena, and have taken the Darling house on Grand avenue for …
