Your votes counted! Rancho Los Cerritos is proud to announce wins in THREE categories in this year’s Long Beach Post’s Best of Long Beach 2019 Reader’s Choice Awards: Best Wedding Venue Best Summer Camp Best Historic Architecture More than 150,000 votes were tallied in this year’s polls overall, and we are thrilled that RLC was[…]
Thank you, Long Beach Post Readers!
By Rancho Staff Long Beach, rlc175, Weddings Mar 06, 2019
Storytime
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Mar 05, 2019
Celebrate National Reading Month with storytime at the RLC library, every Tuesday in March at 9:30am.
Volunteer Open House
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Feb 08, 2019
Learn about our upcoming volunteer opportunities! Volunteering at RLC is a great way to learn about Long Beach history. Volunteer opportunities include greeting visitors, leading tours, gardening, helping out at special events, working behind the scenes, and representing RLC in the larger community.
5 (Other) Famous 1844 Birthdays
By Rancho Staff history, rlc175 Feb 08, 2019
If you’ve been wondering why the year 1844 is being bandied about lately over here at Rancho Los Cerritos, then you haven’t heard the big news yet. But we will get to that soon enough. In the first in a series of blog posts, RLC will feature “back in the day,” historic, nostalgic, and other[…]
RLC Receives Priceless Donation from Bixby Descendants
By Rancho Staff history, rlc175 Feb 06, 2019
Stephen Dudley, grandson of 1930s-era RLC owners Avis and Llewellyn Bixby, visited the site late in January to donate a document to our collection. The document, dating from the 1850s, is nearly as old as the Rancho itself. “John Temple would have had to submit appeals to prove he owned the land,” RLC Curator Sarah[…]
Indian Basketry in California
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Jan 26, 2019
Join us for a series of special events connected to our latest exhibit, “Tevaaxa’nga (Te-vaah-ha-nga) to Today: Stories of the Tongva People.” In this talk, Master Weaver and Ipay Elder Justin Farmer discusses the history and techniques of Indian basketry in California. Register online or pay at the door. About the Speaker Justin Farmer began collecting[…]
RLC Memories
By Rancho Staff history, Long Beach Jan 11, 2019
As Rancho Los Cerritos enters its 175th year, we are collecting memories from visitors. Long Beach resident and retired teacher Carol Clark shares remembrances, and these photos, of her first visit to the Rancho. Email your Rancho memory to rancho@rancholoscerritos.org to be featured on our blog. “My family moved to California in 1966 when I[…]
Meet the Interns: Name and Title: Andreyina Juarez, Getty Curatorial Intern
By Rancho Staff Uncategorized Dec 28, 2018
What led you to pursue an internship at the Rancho? Growing up I had volunteered and worked in different museums around Los Angeles County. I fell in love with the museum environment and knew that was the career path for me. My professor from CSULB, Dr. Cleary advise me to apply for the curatorial[…]
Old Time Christmas Festival – $5 pay at the door
By Jennifer Rice Epstein Dec 09, 2018
Tickets are $5 per person; pay at the door (cash or credit card). Discover traditions of a Victorian Christmas! Make historic crafts, enjoy holiday music from a live brass band and carolers, strike the pinatas, listen to storytellers in the library, sip warm cider, get a head start on holiday shopping in our Museum Shop,[…]
Behind the Scenes: Holiday Decor at RLC
By Rancho Staff exhibits, history, Long Beach, Photos Dec 07, 2018
Every year, dozens of volunteers transform Rancho Los Cerritos’ historic house and gardens for the holidays. Each room tells a story about the traditions of people who live in California in the 19th century. The Foreman’s Room – This room is set to look as though a father, employed at the Rancho, has turned his bedroom[…]