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Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences Museum

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 247-3000
http://www.oscars.org/

Alhambra Historical Society
P.O. Box 6687
Alhambra, CA 91802
(818) 300-8845

Altadena Heritage
P.O. Box 218
Altadena, CA 91003
(818) 798-1268
http://www.restorationcentral.com/orgs/altadenah/index.html

Altadena Historical Society
730 East Altadena Drive
Altadena, CA 91001
626-797-8016
Email: altadenahistorical.society@yahoo.com

American Film Institute
2021 N. Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(213) 856-7600
http://www.afi.com/

American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch
Pepperdine University, Office of the Dean
Malibu, CA 90263
(213) 642-2805
http://arachnid.pepperdine.edu/amerhistassocp/

American Museum of Straw Art
2324 Snowden Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 431-3540
http://www.strawartmuseum.org/

Angels Attic
516 Colorado Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Los Angeles
(310) 394-8331

Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 S. Gaffey Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
(310) 519-0936
http://www.angelsgateart.org/


Arcadia Historical Society
P.O. Box 60021
380 West Huntington Drive
Arcadia, CA 91066-6021
(626) 446-8512

http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1363


Archaeological Information Center
UCLA Institute of Archaeology
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(213) 825-1980
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/

Armand Hammer Museum of Art at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 443-7000
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/

Associated Historical Societies
1298 S. El Molino Ave
Pasadena, CA 91106

Autry Museum of Western Heritage
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles CA 90027
(323) 667-2000
http://www.autry-museum.org

Azusa Historical Society
P.O. Box 972
Los Angeles, CA 90078

Baldwin Park Historical Society
14403B E. Pacific Avenue
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
(626) 214-1620

Banning Residence Museum
P.O. Box 397
Wilmington, CA 90748
(310) 548-7777
http://www.banningmuseum.org/

Bellflower Heritage Society
16601 Civic Center Drive
Bellflower, CA 90706

Beverly Hills Historical Society
P.O. Box 1919
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

Burbank Historical Society
1015 W. Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 841-6333
http://www.cwire.com/pub/orgs/Burbank.Historical.Society/index.asp

Calabasas Historical Society
P.O. Box 8067
Calabasas, CA 91371
(818) 347-0470
http://www.ci.calabasas.ca.us/history.html

California African American Museum
600 State Drive, Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 744-7432
http://www.caam.ca.gov/

California Association of College and Research Libraries
JFK Memorial Library California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90032
(800) 545-2433, ext. 2523
http://www.carl-acrl.org/

California Folklore Society
421 Baughman Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
(213) 825-3962
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/folklore/cfs.html

California Heritage Museum
2612 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(213) 392-8537
http://www.artcom.com/museums/nv/sz/90405-40.htm

California Heritage Museum
2612 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 392-8537

Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Society
7248 Owensmouth Avenue
Canoga Park, CA 91303
(818) 340-3696 or (818) 346-4317

Casa Adobe de San Rafael

1330 Dorothy Drive
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 956-2000
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/Historic/casa_adobe.html

Center for Southern California Studies
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
(818) 677-6518
http://www.csun.edu/~cscs/

Chatsworth Historical Society
10385 Shadow Oak Drive
Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 882-5614
http://historicalsocieties.net/

Chilao Visitor Center
701 N. Santa Anita Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91006
(818) 574-5200
http://www.r5.pswfs.gov/heritage/001.HTM

Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
978 North Broadway, Suite 206
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 617-0396
http://www.chssc.org/

Claremont Heritage
P.O. Box 742
Claremont, CA 91711-0742
(714) 621-0848
http://members.uia.net/twootton/heritage/

Corita Art Center
5515 Franklin Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 466-2157

Craft and Folk Art Museum
5800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(213) 937-5544
http://www.artcom.com/museums/nv/af/90036.htm

Culver City Historical Society
PO Box 3428
Culver City, CA 90231-3428

Cypress Heritage Committee
Cypress Recreation and Park District
5700 Orange Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630
(714) 229-6794

Downey Historical Society and History Center
12540 Rives Avenue
Downey, CA 90242
(213) 862-2777

Downey Museum of Art
10419 South rives Avenue
Downey, CA 90241
(310) 861-0419
http://www.downeyca.org/visitor_museumart.php

Drum Barracks Civil War Museum and Research Library
1052 Banning Boulevard
Wilmington, CA 90744
(310) 548-7509
http://www.cityofla.org/RAP/dos/museums/drum.htm

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
6300 State University Dr., Ste.324
Long Beach, CA 90840
(562) 985-5930
http://www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/main.html

Echo Park Historical Society
1471 Fairbanks Place
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 250-0573
http://www.echopark.net/org/ephs.htm

El Molino Viejo Museum
1120 Old Mill Road
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 449-5498

El Monte Historical Society Museum
3150 N. Tyler Ave
El Monte, CA 91731
(818) 444-3813
http://www.caohwy.com/e/elmohiso.htm

El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Park
845 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 680-2525
http://www.cityofla.org/ELP/hisnfo.htm

Electronic Railway Historical Association
of Southern California
1 World Trade Center
Long Beach, CA 90832
(213) 452-0914
http://www.erha.org

Exposition Park Rose Garden

741 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 765-5397
http://www.laparks.org/exporosegarden/rosegarden.htm


Fisher Gallery
University of Southern California
823 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(213) 740-4561
http://www.usc.edu/org/fishergallery/

Forest Lawn Museum
1712 S. Glendale Avenue
Glendale, CA 95631
(213) 254-3131
http://www.forestlawn.com/art/index.asp

Fort MacArthur Military Museum Association
3601 S. Gaffey Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
(213) 548-2631
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/ftmacbat.htm

Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House
Barnesdale Art Park
4808 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(213) 485-4581

Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art- Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 456-4851
http://www.pepperdine.edu/cfa/default.htm

Glendale Historical Society
P.O. Box 4173
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 242-7447
http://www.glendalehistorical.org/

Glendora Historical Society and Museum
314 N. Glendora Avenue
Glendora, CA 91740
(818) 335-5733
http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/CA/10746.htm

Grier-Musser Museum
403 S. Bonnie Brae
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(213) 413-1814
http://www.isi.edu/sims/sheila/gm.html

Skirball Cultural Center

(Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum)
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-4500s
http://www.skirball.org

Heritage Park
12100 Mora Drive
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(714) 946-6476
http://www.caohwy.com/h/heritpar.htm

Heritage Square Museum
100 S. Los Robles, Suite 470
Pasadena, CA 91101
(323) 796-2898
http://www.heritagesquare.org/

Hermosa Beach Historical Society
710 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310) 318-9421
http://www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us/
commres/HermosaBeachHistoricalSociety.htm


Historical Society of Centinela Valley
7634 Midfield Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 671-2075

Historical Society of Long Beach
P.O. Box 1869
Long Beach, CA 90801
(562) 495-1210
http://www.historicalsocietylb.org/

Historical Society of Monterey Park
781 S. Orange Avenue
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 307-1267

Historical Society of Pomona Valley
1460 East Holt Blvd. Suite 78
Pomona, CA 91767
(714) 623-2198
http://www.osb.net/pomona/

Historical Society of Southern California
200 East Avenue 43
Los Angeles, CA 90031
(213) 222-0546
http://www.socalhistory.org/

Hollywood Bowl Museum
2301 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90078
(213) 850-2058
http://www.hollywoodbowl.org/museum/museum_main.cfm

Hollywood Heritage

1824 N. Curson Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90028
(213) 874-4005
http://www.hollywoodheritage.org/

Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 405-2100
http://www.huntington.org/

ISLA: Information System for Los Angeles

5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
(323) 343-3000
http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/ISLA/prospectus.html

J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-7300
http://www.getty.edu/

Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 625-0414
http://www.janm.org/

Kidspace Museum
390 South El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 449-9144
http://www.kidspacemuseum.org/

Korean American Museum
P.O. Box 741879
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(213) 388-4229
http://www.kamuseum.org/

La Puente Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 522
La Puente, CA 91747
(818) 336-7644

Lomita Historical Society
P.O. Box 549
Lomita, CA 90717
(310) 325-6884
http://www.restorationcentral.com/orgs/lomita/

Lomita Railroad Museum
2137 West 250th Street
Lomita, CA 90717
(310) 326-6255
http://www.lomita-rr.org/

Long Beach Heritage Coalition
P.O. Box 92521
Long Beach, CA 90809
(213) 590-9451

Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 E. Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 439-2119
http://www.lbma.org/

Long Beach University Art Museum
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
(562) 985-5761
http://www.csulb.edu/org/uam/

Los Angeles City Historical Society
P.O. Box 41046
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(213) 936-2912
http://www.lacityhistory.org/

Los Angeles Conservancy
523 W Sixth Street, Suite 1216
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 623-2489
http://www.laconservancy.org/index.shtml


Los Angeles County Children's Museum
205 S. Broadway, #608
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3617
(213) 687-8800
http://www.caohwy.com/l/lachilmu.htm

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000
http://www.lacma.org/

Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society
1355 No. Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 464 2727
lafdhs27@aol.com
www.lafdmuseum.org

Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84 at the foot of 6th Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
(213) 548-7618
http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/

Los Encinos State Park
16756 Moorpark Street
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 706-1310
http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=619

Lummis Home

200 South Avenue 43
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(213) 222-0546
http://www.bob-taylor.com/lummis.htm

Malibu Lagoon State Beach Adamson House
23200 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 456-8432
http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=672

Manhattan Beach Historical Society
P.O. Box 3355
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 374-7575
http://www.geocities.com/history90266/

Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust
6006 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 761-8170
http://www.remembertoteach.com/museum.htm

Mission San Fernando
15151 San Fernando Mission Bl
Mission Hills, CA 91345
(818) 361-0186
http://www.rootsweb.com/~casfvgs/mission.html

Monrovia Old House Preservation Group
P.O. Box 734
Monrovia, CA 91017
(408) 741-3421
http://www.urly.com/monrovia/cc/mohpg1.html

Mount Lowe Preservation Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 431
San Gabriel, CA  91778-0431
(626) 319-7224
http://www.mountlowe.org


Museum of African American Art
4005 S. Crenshaw Boulevard, 3rd floor
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(213) 294-7071

Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles
250 South Grand Avenue at California Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 621-2766
http://www.moca.org/

Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 437-1689
http://www.molaa.com

Museum of Neon Art
510 W. Olympic at Hope
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 489-9918
http://www.neonmona.org/

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 744-3352
http://www.nhm.org/

Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 449-6840
http://www.nortonsimon.org/

Pacific Palisades Historical Society
P.O. Box 1299
Los Angeles, CA 90272
(310) 454-5037
http://www.pp90272.com/pphs/

Pacific Railroad Society
P.O. Box 80726
San Marino, CA 91118
(818) 793-5290
http://www.wprrhs.org/

Palos Verdes Library District
2400 Via Campesina
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
(310) 377-9584 ext.550 or 549
http://www.palos-verdes.lib.ca.us/

Pasadena Heritage
651 South Saint John Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105-2913
(818) 793-0617
http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/

Pasadena Historical Society/Historical Museum
470 W. Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 577-1660
http://www.pasadenahistory.org/

Peggy Phelps Gallery and the East Gallery
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8071
http://www.cgu.edu/arts/art/highres/facilities/galleries.html

Pico Rivera History and Heritage Society
P.O. Box 313
Pico Rivera, CA 90666
(213) 948-2408
http://www.colapublib.org/history/picorivera/

Pio Pico State Historic Park
6003 Pioneer Blvd
Whittier, CA 90606
(213) 695-1217
http://www.cal-parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=621

Pomona College Museum of Art
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8283
http://www.pomona.edu/ADWR/Museum/welcome.shtml

Queen Mary Museum
Pier J Long Beach, CA 90801
(213) 435-3511
http://www.queenmary.com/

Queen Mary Seaport
1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, CA 90802-6390
(562) 435-3511

Ramona Museum of California History
4580 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90065
(213) 276-9359

Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Site and Gardens
6400 Bixby Hill Road
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 431-3541
http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/park/facilities/RanchoLosAlamitos.htm

Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
4600 Virginia Road
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 570-1755
http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us./park/facilities/RanchoLosCerritos.htm

Redondo Beach Historical Society
P.O. Box 978
Redondo, CA 90277
(310) 372-0197
http://members.aol.com/rbhistsoc/

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery - Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8000 ext. 3397
http://www.scrippscollege.edu/~dept/gallery/index.html


Saint Francis Historical Society
15151 San Fernando Mission
Mission Hills, CA 91345
(818) 365-1501
http://www.miliserv.net/mkuspa/

Salvation Army Western Territorial Museum
30840 Hawthorne Boulevard
Rancho Pales Verdes, CA 90274
(213) 541-4721

San Fernando Valley Historical Society
PO Box 7039
Mission Hills CA 91346
(818) 365-7810
http://sfvhs.com/

San Gabriel Mission Museum
537 W. Mission Drive
San Gabriel, CA 94102
(818) 282-5191 http://www.sangabrielmission.org/mission_giftshop_and_museum.htm

San Marino Historical Society
P.O. Box 80222
San Marino, CA 91118
(818) 568-0119
http://www.smnet.org/comm_group/historical

Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 221925
Newhall, CA 91322
(661) 254-1275
http://www.scvhs.org


Santa Monica Historical Society and Museum
1539 Euclid Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404-3306
(213) 394-2605
http://www.santamonicahistory.org/

Santa Monica Museum of Art

2525 Michigan Avenue Building G-1 (Bergamot Station)
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 586-6488
http://artscenecal.com/SantaMonicaMsm.html

Seaver Center for Western Historical Research
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90007 (213) 763-DINO
http://lam.mus.ca.us/

Simon Wiesenthal Center Holocaust Museum
1399 South Roxbury Drive
Los Angeles CA 90035
(310) 553-9036
http://www.wiesenthal.com

Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter
P. O. Box 92224
Pasadena, CA 91109
(800) 972-4722
http://www.sahscc.org/

Sons of the Revolution Library
600 South Central Avenue
Glendale, California  91204-2009
(818)240-1775
http://www.srcalifornia.com

Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation
Western Museum of Flight
12016 South Prairie Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
(310) 332-6228
http://www.wmof.com/schaf.htm

Southern California Jewish Historical Society
6505 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 512
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(213) 653-7740
http://www.cwire.com/pub/orgs/Jewish.Historical.Society/index.asp

Southwest Museum
PO Box 41558
Los Angeles, CA 90041-0558
(213) 221-2164
http://www.southwestmuseum.org/

Sunland/Tujunga Little Landers Historical Society
10110 Commerce Avenue
Tujunga, CA 91042
(818) 352-3420
http://www.verdugo-online.com/clubs/boltonhall.htm

The Antelope Valley Indian Museum
43779 15th Street
West Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 942-0662
http://www.avim.av.org/

The Catalina Island Museum and Society
P.O. Box 366
Avalon, CA 90704
(310) 510-2414
http://www.catalina.com/museum.html

The Fiske Museum
Claremont University Consortium
150 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-8307
http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/fiske/welcome.htm

The Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA
P.O. Box 951549
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-4361
http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/

The Museum of Tolerance
9786 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90035
(310) 553-8403
http://www.wiesenthal.com/mot/

The Online Archive of California
University of California, Los Angeles Library
Los Angeles CA 90095
(310) 825-7265
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/uc-ead/

The Southern California Studies Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA 90089
(213) 740-5303
http://sc2.usc.edu/

Venice Historical Society
P.O. Box 12844
Venice CA 90295
(310) 967-5170
http://www.members.nbci.com/venicehist/

Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
1765 E. 107th Street
Los Angeles CA 90002
(213) 569-8181
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=613

West Adams Heritage Association
2263 South Harvard Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 735-9242
http://www.westadamsheritage.com

West Valley Museum
22200 Ventura Boulevard
Woodland Hills CA 91364
(818) 992-6814
http://members.aol.com/cfowler429/interest.htm

Western Hotel Museum
557 Lancaster Boulevard
Lancaster CA 93534
(661) 723-6260
http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/Parks/westernhotel.htm

Western Museum of Flight
12016 South Prairie Avenue
Hawthorne CA 90250
(310 )332-6228
http://www.wmof.com/


Whittier Historical Society

6755 Newlin Avenue
Whittier, CA 90601
(213) 945-3871
http://www.whittiermuseum.org/history/history.htm

Will Rogers State Historic Park
1501 Will Rogers St Park Rd.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(213) 454-8212
http://www.cal-parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=626


William S. Hart County Park and Museum
24151 San Fernando Road
Newhall, CA 91321
(805) 254-4584
http://www.caohwy.com/w/wmhartcp.htm

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
15415 E. Don Julian Road
City of Industry, CA 91745
(818) 968-8492
http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/

 

 

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