Event Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, August 13 | 10AM-Noon

Exploring Pasadena on Foot: Art Deco

Location:This tour will start at One Colorado (41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena, CA 91103) and end at the Pasadena Playhouse (39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101), which is about a 15–20-minute walk back to the starting point. It will mainly hug Colorado Blvd, with a couple of diversions north and south.

Admission: General: $25 | PMH Members: $20

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Step back in time with your tour guide Julia Long to explore century-old design treasures in Pasadena’s oldest commercial districts.

Step back in time with your tour guide Julia Long to explore century-old design treasures in Pasadena’s oldest commercial districts. While the city is well-known as an architectural destination, often citing its craftsman bungalows and masterworks of prominent architects, today we’ll traverse Old Pasadena and the Playhouse Village of the 1920s & ‘30s, focusing on stunning Art Deco and Streamline Moderne designs that added their sparkle to the architectural mix.

Slip into your snazziest spectators and join us for a stroll!

Space is limited; advance reservations required.

Penn Oil Building at 100 West Union, 1930s; pmh_T8-53

August 19 | 11:00 am

Curator's Tour: Starting Anew: Transforming Pasadena, 1890-1930.

Admission: General: $15 | PMH Members: $10

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Explore Starting Anew with curator Brad Macneil. Learn more about the exhibition and stories of Pasadena’s transformative years.

Space is limited; advanced reservations are required.

Friday, September 9 | 7PM

Exploring Pasadena: The Original Busch Gardens
Illustrated Presentation & Book Signing with Historian/Author Michael Logan

Presentation will begin at 7:00 pm; PMH Galleries will be open for viewing at 6:00 pm.

BOOK INFORMATION: The Original Busch Gardens: Adolphus Busch’s Gift to Pasadena, California will be available to purchase at the program. It features interviews with individuals who experienced Busch Gardens first-hand; maps and historic timelines; and images and stories from a wide variety of sources, including the Anheuser Busch archives in St. Louis, the Busch family, and Pasadena Museum of History.

Admission: General: $15 | PMH Members: $10

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PMH is excited to welcome back author and historian Michael Logan for another fascinating presentation on his wide-ranging research and exploration into Pasadena’s original Busch Gardens. Join Michael as he shares unique stories and images that will transport participants back to the Gardens’ in all their glory.

Anheuser Busch Brewing Association President and “Captain of Industry” Adolphus Busch’s spectacular Busch Gardens in Pasadena captivated visitors from the day it opened to the public in 1906 until the attraction’s closure in 1938. With terraced hillsides, waterfalls and ponds, miles of scenic paths, and enchanting fairytale statuary, the original Busch Gardens was one of Southern California’s first mega-parks and a world-famous tourist attraction.

In 2001, Pasadena residents and historians Michael Logan and the late Gary Cowles teamed up to launch the most comprehensive research ever done on the Gardens. They co-curated a popular exhibit at Pasadena Museum of History to celebrate the Garden’s centennial. Now, after an eighteen year-long journey into the history and lore of this nearly-forgotten treasure, Logan is back once more – this time for an in-person presentation – celebrating the publication of his ground-breaking 200-page book on the topic.

Stoneridge Drive 110 years ago. Sculpted terraces, cactus garden, tree trunk benches, curbs with drainage grates. Courtesy of Michael Logan.

Saturday, September 10 | 10AM-Noon

Exploring Pasadena on Foot: Botanical Pasadena

Location: This tour will begin and end at Arlington Garden (275 Arlington Dr, Pasadena, CA 91105).

Admission: General: $25 | PMH Members: $20

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Explore the multi-layered roots of Pasadena through its foliage and flowers on this two-hour tour around Arlington Drive and Orange Grove Blvd. with tour guide Julia Long.

Pasadena is known as the “City of Roses.” But what about the camellias? Or pepper trees? Or succulents? The wide range of plants and trees surrounding us in Pasadena are a virtual time machine, helping us to understand historical trends, conceptions (and MISconceptions) about our climate, as well as the hidden stories of the people who shaped the landscape and lived their lives within it

Space is limited; advance reservations required.

Orange Grove Ave with tree. Postcard Collection

Thursday, September 22 | 7PM

Becoming Caltech: Building a Research Community

Admission: General: $15 | PMH Members: $10

Presentation will begin at 7:00 pm; PMH Galleries will be open for viewing at 6:00 pm.

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Join Caltech University Archivist Peter Sachs Collopy, PhD for this presentation on how Caltech transformed from a manual and liberal arts school to a world-renowned science and engineering institute.

Founded in 1891 as Throop University, it offered a wide range of courses from elementary school to carpentry and sewing. In the 1910s and 1920s, the school dramatically reinvented itself, focusing on engineering and then on scientific research–while also turning its attention to military training during World War I. Explore the evolution of this institution and learn about its early transformations.

Space is limited; advance reservations required.

Commencement in Front of Gates Laboratory, June 8, 1923. Photo by Keystone Photo. Caltech Archives and Special Collections.

September 30 | 11:00 am

Curator's Tour: Starting Anew: Transforming Pasadena, 1890-1930.

Admission: General: $15 | PMH Members: $10

Explore Starting Anew with curator Brad Macneil. Learn more about the exhibition and stories of Pasadena’s transformative years.

Space is limited; advanced reservations are required.

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October 8 | 11:00 am

Curator's Tour: Starting Anew: Transforming Pasadena, 1890-1930.

Admission: General: $15 | PMH Members: $10

Explore Starting Anew with curator Brad Macneil. Learn more about the exhibition and stories of Pasadena’s transformative years.

Space is limited; advanced reservations are required.

Purchase Tickets

If you are a PMH Member and would like to be notified when the next Guided Virtual Tour of the Fenyes Mansion is scheduled, please send an email to dnevarez@pasadenahistory.org.

Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

Saturday, August 13 | 10AM-Noon

August 19 | 11:00 am

Friday, September 9 | 7PM

Saturday, September 10 | 10AM-Noon

Thursday, September 22 | 7PM

September 30 | 11:00 am

October 8 | 11:00 am

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