MOTA
Museums of the Arroyo

MOTA DAY IS
SUNDAY
MAY 17, 2009
 

    

 

 
       
 
WHAT IS MOTA DAY?

2009 THEME AND SCHEDULE

ACTIVITIES AT
THE GAMBLE HOUSE

ACTIVITIES AT
HERITAGE SQUARE

ACTIVITIES AT
THE LOS ANGELES POLICE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM

ACTIVITIES AT
LUMMIS HOME AND GARDEN

ACTIVITIES AT
PASADENA MUSEUM OF HISTORY

ACTIVITIES AT
SOUTHWEST MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

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MOTA DAY

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Pasadena Museum of History

470 W. Walnut Street
Pasadena
626-577-1660

A museum and research library/archives focusing on the history of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, the Museum is on the grounds of the Fenyes Mansion one of the few remaining grand homes on Pasadena’s former “Millionaire’s Row.” The History Galleries contain changing exhibitions. The “Tupa,” or Finnish Folk Art Museum, is one of the only such museums in the United States.

MOTA Day Activities

  • Special emphasis at this year's MOTA Day will be placed on telling stories from the 1920s. The exhibition Family Stories: Sharing a Community’s Legacy chronicles the lives of six different families representing the largest population groups in early Pasadena. All had settled in Pasadena by the 1920s

  • Several times throughout the day hear “Travels with Babsie”, a dramatic monologue near a 1920s Model T car, all about Leonora Curtin’s adventures by car throughout the Southwest and beyond based on postcards sent to her grandmother in the 1920s

  • "Newsboys" carrying news bags filled with stories culled from archival 1920s newspapers will stroll the campus

  • Children can also make paper dolls in the style popular with children of the 1920s and learn about famous people who have lived, worked, or studied in the Pasadena area

> More information on Pasadena Museum of History

 

  







 


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