Exhibitions
Designed to entertain as well as educate, changing exhibitions - both online and in the History Center galleries - feature diverse topics that speak to the area's multi-faceted history and interests.
in the galleries
March 7, 2026, through December 27, 2026
PASADENA PALETTE: Selections from Pasadena Museum of History’s Collection
Celebrating artists who lived and worked in Pasadena, portraits of notable residents, and vibrant scenes painted throughout the Crown City.
October 4, 2025, through May 24, 2026
Cha-Rie Tang: 48 Years of Artistic Innovation in Pasadena
Cha-Rie Tang, founder of Pasadena Craftsman Tile and an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and architect, reflects on her creative journey in a retrospective exhibition.
Exhibitions Sponsors: The Paloheimo Founation & Susan Stevens and Family.
online exhibition
FROZEN FRAMES:
PRESERVING PASADENA’S VISUAL LEGACY
Frozen Frames: Preserving Pasadena’s Visual Legacy, PMH’s premiere online exhibition, will unfold in four parts over a year-long period, bringing artistically and historically compelling images out of the deep freeze and into public view. The photographs come from among the more than 200,000 at-risk negatives that are now cryogenically preserved as part of the Museum’s Great History Freezeproject of 2015.
Frozen Frames is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Michael Kadin and is proudly supported by the news website Pasadena Now.
Past Exhibitions
STORIES, TRADITIONS & DESIGNS: Spotlighting the African American Quilters of Los Angeles
October 2025 - February 2026
100 YEARS – 100 IMAGES: Pasadena Society of Artists Centennial Anniversary
February 2025 - September 2025
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Hollywood Magic in Pasadena
June 2024 - February 2025
Celebrate! Quilts on the Wall
February - May 2024
Cabinet of Curiosities
February - May 2024
The Diverse Environments of the Arroyo Seco: Paintings from the California Art Club
October 2023 - February 2024
