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Highlights
Visitors can wander through a replica of a Douglas aircraft or digitally insert their photos onto historical front-page newspaper stories
Customer Reviews
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All reviews are from people who have redeemed deals with this merchant.Christinetop reviewer
26 ratings22 reviews
I grew up in southern Calif and loved the nostalgic look back into my teenough years. The receptionist was very kind and knowledgeable. Small museum and doable in an hour. I learned a lot of interesting history.
Estela
1 ratings1 reviews
Great place to visit, family had such a fun time learning about the history of Santa Monica. The staff were also very helpful and kind.
sylviatop reviewer helpful reviewer
8 ratings8 reviews
Learned interesting facts about the history of Santa Monica and it's beautiful architecture! Highly recommend it. Just bring good walking shoes and water.
Ashleytop reviewer helpful reviewer
17 ratings14 reviews
Small museum, but full of great historical information on a variety of areas relating to Santa Monica's history!
Claudiatop reviewer
19 ratings16 reviews
It's the smaller museum I have ever visited but it was worth, nice and educational
Roxannetop reviewer helpful reviewer
55 ratings37 reviews
Small, cute local museum. Parking at SM library.
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About Santa Monica History Museum
When Santa Monica celebrated its centennial in 1975, the Civic Auditorium hosted a small exhibition covering the city's 100-year history. Turns out Santa Monica's citizenry was hungry to document its past: by October of that year, the Santa Monica Historical Society held its founding meeting. 13 years later, the society opened the Santa Monica History Museum, which now encompasses myriad artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia. Most of those materials comprise the museum's timeline, which traces the city's origins up to the 1930s.
Beyond goodies from the past, the museum sports several interactive features to bring that history alive. Visitors can wander through a replica of a Douglas aircraft or digitally insert their photos onto front-page newspaper stories about historical events. The "Then & Now" touch-screen map, meanwhile, reveals the development over time of different Santa Monica landscapes, such as the many canyons that blossomed into In-N-Out Burgers. Along with its permanent exhibitions, the museum hosts an array of special programming, including concerts, workshops, and lectures from top historians.