Museum Gift Shop

The Museum Gift Shop contains unique items, toys and books on California history that reflect the history and mission of the Rancho. Shop for specialty items including Rancho mugs and notecards, jams made from the garden's bounty, handmade scented soaps and pressed flower candles.

For children, the Gift Shop carries old-time toys included La Grace, Hoops, tin whistles and marbles as well as a wide array of books. An ever-changing selection of adult literature on California history, gardens and Victorian lifestyles is also available. Adobe Days, by Sarah Bixby Smith, provides a lively account of California "between the mining rush and the tourist rush," and offers rare glimpses of daily life at Rancho Los Cerritos in the 19th century. Dr. Iris Engstrand's Rancho Los Cerritos: A Southern California Legacy Preserved offers an informative overview of the Rancho from Native American times through the present.

The Museum Gift Shop is open Wednesday-Sunday between 1-5 p.m. Operated by Friends of Rancho Los Cerritos, every purchase helps support educational programs and public events at the Rancho.

GIFT SHOP ITEMS

Adobe Days
by Sarah Bixby Smith 
$7.95

Provides a lively account of California "between the mining rush and the tourist rush," and offers rare glimpses of daily life at Rancho Los Cerritos in the 
19th century. Historic photos featured throughout 
the book.

Rancho Los Cerritos: A Southern California Legacy Preserved
by Dr. Iris Engstrand 
$5.00

Offers an informative overview of Rancho Los Cerritos from Native American times through the present. Historic photos featured throughout the book.

The Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette
by Professor Thomas E. Hill 
$8.95

This little book will allow you to move about freely in high Victorian society without appearing as an unmannered brute! You will learn such essential skills as how to refuse soup at a formal dinner, how to avoid appearing ridiculous while traveling, and how to refuse a marriage proposal from a man who uses tobacco. These fine lessons will last a lifetime!

Historic Communities: Old Time Toys
by Bobbie Kalman & David Schimpky 

$7.95

Discover the wonder of Victorian games and toys, 
which were both educational and fun!

Historic Communities: 19th Century Clothing
by Bobbie Kalman 
$7.95

Learn about the history of homemade clothing and popular fashion styles during the 19th century.

Historic Communities: 19th Century Girls and Women
By Bobbie Kalman 

$7.95

Experience women's hardships during pioneer times from their transition of childhood to womanhood, the limited education available, as well as the uncomfortable clothing and hard labor they had to endure

Rancho Mugs 
$8.00

Obtain this collector's mug, which commemorates John Temple and the cattle years at the Rancho by proudly displaying the 1844 branding iron logo.

Rancho Notecards
$4.00

Pen and ink drawings of six different views at the Rancho printed on heavy card stock. Eight cards with matching envelopes handsomely packaged in cellophane and raffia. Makes an excellent gift!

Seed Packets
  $1.25

Transform your garden into something historic from original seeds in our lush gardens. (garden craft item) Please specify flower:

  • Love-in-a-Mist, Nigella damascena
  • Hollyhock, Alcea Rosea
  • Calendula, Calendula officinalis
  • Sweet Pea, Lathyrus odorata
  • Forget-Me-Not, Myosotis sylvatica
  • Canna Lily, Canna indica
  • Nastertium, Nasturtium-Tropaeolum majus

Rancho Los Cerritos Gourmet Jam
 $4.00

A delicious array of specialty gourmet jams made with organically grown fruit from our historic site (garden craft item).

Please specify flavor:

  • Spiced Plum Gourmet Jelly
  • Kumquat Gourmet Marmalade
  • Cinnamon Orange Gourmet Marmalade
  • Lemon Ginger Gourmet Marmalade
  • Strawberry Guava Jam
  • Feijoa* Nutmeg Gourmet Jelly
    *(pineapple guava)

Children will delight with these Victorian favorites reminiscent of simpler times:

Cup & Ball Toy:  $4.00
Peg Top Toy:  $6.00
Table Top Ninepins:  $15.00
Harmonica:  $8.00

To order any of the above items, please go to our
Gift Shop Order Form

 

 
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