THEN & NOW Exhibition runs June 25, 2023 – May 27, 2024 Discover the growth and evolution of Rancho Los Cerritos through historic and contemporary photographs in our recently installed exhibition, Rancho Los Cerritos: Then & Now. See how the Rancho has changed from its early days as a cattle ranch to its current status[…]
THEN & NOW Exhibition
By Loren Simpson exhibits May 26, 2023
Explore Rancho Los Cerritos during Long Beach Architecture Week 2023!
By Loren Simpson Events, history, Long Beach May 20, 2023
RLC will offer architecture tours spotlighting the Monterey Colonial style in which the historic adobe was constructed (1844), and the Mission Revival style in which the it was renovated (1930). These 20-minute tours are free and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Saturday, June 3 & Saturday, June 10, 1-5 PM Sunday, June 4 &[…]
Earth Day and RLC
By Loren Simpson Events Mar 30, 2023
Earth Day takes place every year on April 22 and it marks the anniversary of the movement that started in 1970. In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas, didn’t care about industry issues such as smoke and sludge being aired into our communities and[…]
RLC Closure
By Loren Simpson Uncategorized Jan 05, 2023
Due to current weather conditions, though Rancho Los Cerritos is open to the public, we are only open for pedestrian traffic. No vehicles can enter the property for any reason, including ADA. Please call us at (562) 206-2040 for any questions.
Considered the first Black woman physician in the state of California, Dr. Ruth Janetta Temple was a medical doctor, a prominent figure within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, a public health official, and an advocate for underserved communities in Los Angeles. She was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1892 to a teacher mother and a Baptist[…]
Winter Holidays in Southern California 1784-1940
By Christa Weston history Dec 08, 2021
Southern California has a wide range of winter holiday celebrations that are reflective of the diverse peoples, cultures, and communities that make up the US. Some of the holidays celebrated at Rancho Los Cerritos before it became a historic site were Christmas and New Years. Las Posadas and Hanukkah are some other winter holidays that[…]
Interning during a Pandemic
By Rancho Intern Uncategorized Sep 04, 2021
VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP AT RANCHO LOS CERRITOS DURING A PANDEMIC Even though times are tough right now, during the summer of 2020 I was ecstatic to receive a virtual internship with Rancho Los Cerritos! Here’s a little bit on that experience… Name and Title: Misael Enamorado, Marketing and Public Relations Intern Education info: California State University[…]
Black On the Range: African American Cowboys of the 19th century
By Curatorial Intern history, Uncategorized Aug 13, 2021
Black On the Range: African American Cowboys of the 19th century “They numbered thousands, among them many of the best riders, ropers, and wranglers.” – The Negro Cowboys by Philip Durham & Everett L. Jones Did you know that 1 out of every 4 cowboys was Black? Historians now estimate that between 20 to 25% of[…]
Meet the Interns: Summer 2021
By Christa Weston internships, Job Opportunities, Uncategorized Aug 10, 2021
Rancho Los Cerritos is happy to provide internship opportunities to college students every semester. Meet our latest cohort of interns! Nikkita Lynch is the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern this summer in the curatorial department. Mostly, she has been working hard on an important project related to our recently digitized oral history recordings. These recordings will[…]
August Garden News
By Christa Weston Gardens, Visitor Information Aug 02, 2021
Plant of the Moment: Red Bird of Paradise or Poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima). The forecourt is a blaze of color as this West Indies native comes into bloom! The Red Bird of Paradise so impressed the 17th-century Spanish explorers when they saw it in bloom that they imported it to Europe, where it has been gracing[…]