California’s State Historic Landmark No.152
National Register of Historic Places
The mission of the Friends of Rancho San Pedro is to preserve and increase community awareness of early California history as it relates to the Dominguez family, homestead adobe and the Rancho San Pedro, the first Spanish land grant in California. This is accomplished through educational programs and the operation of the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum.
The Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum had a rare opportunity to showcase everything it does in an interview with President Garcia at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills in the President’s Notebook program featured on cable channels in LA and Orange County. Museum Executive Director, Alison Bruesehoff, had a one-on-one interview with President Garcia talking about what is happening at the Museum. To see the interview, you can go to YouTube or lick on this link: President’s Notebook Interview.
The Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum is featured in a book titled “Peaceful Places: Los Angeles” by Laura Randall. The Rancho is one of the chapters and received 3 stars out of 3 stars for being a peaceful and interesting place to visit. You can purchase the book on Amazon.com or a signed copy at the Museum’s Gift Shop.
September 12th marks the start of the 4-class Docent training. This is a chance to become a tour guide at the Museum sharing history with the public and with schools. Docents present the story of the Rancho San Perdro, the Dominguez family, and the 1910 International Aviation Meet. There are 4 classes people need to attend and all the classes are fun!
September 12th, September 26th, October 10th and October 24th.
To reserve your spot in the docent training, please call the Museum at (310) 603-0088 and email us at abruesehoff@dominguezrancho.org.
Join us for an exciting September full of events for everyone!
September 11th, 11am to 3pm: Pancho Barnes Symposium at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills
September 12th, 1pm to 3pm: Kite Building and Flying Activity at the Rancho
September 19th, 1pm to 3pm: Stained Glass Activity at the Rancho
September 25th, 1pm to 3pm: Huntington and the 1910 Air Meet talk at the Rancho
For more information on these events, please see our “Events” page
Join us on August 15th at 12pm for our 2nd annual ice cream social. Eat ice cream, popcorn and cotton candy while you listen to a barbershop quartet.
The quartet will perform at 12:30pm.
There will be a book signing at 1pm by Laura Randall who wrote “Peaceful Places: Los Angeles” in which the Rancho is mentioned as a site to visit.
We will have fun family activities for everyone to enjoy. The cost is only $5 per person.
We hope to see you there!
Starting in August, the Museum will be open every Saturday! Our new hours are:
Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
and
first Thursday and Friday of the month
Tours are at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.
Make a difference and vote for our Summer Camp Program for 3rd and 4th graders project on Pepsi Refresh. Tell your family and friends to vote. We ONLY have 1 month to be number 1! Please click here to vote: http://pep.si/cqW4P1
Join us in July for two events being held at the Museum:
On July 17th at 1pm there will be a talk on the history of transportation in early California leading up to the 1910 Aviation Meet. Walter Bethel will give a talk on the different modes of transportation in Los Angeles and their impact on the growth of California. Light refreshments will be served.
On July 25th, come learn how to make a kite! The kite was the predecessor to the glider, which eventually led to planes. At 1pm on the 25th, everyone will have a chance to make their own kite and fly and race them on the grounds. The contests will be judged by one of the 1910 pilots and the Dominguez daughters. There will be prizes for everyone!!
June 12th
11am to 5pm with activities throughout the day including tethered balloon rides, ferris wheel, flyovers every 30 minutes from 11:15am to 4pm, display of antique cars and plans, tours of the Adobe, food vendors including Kogi and Tommy Burger, PBS Sid the Science Kid, flight simulators from Flight Path Learning Center, and much, much more.
Parking will be at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills and the fee is $5 per car. Shuttles will run every 15 minutes from the University to the Museum and back. The first shuttle leaves at 10:45am and the last shuttles leaves the Museum at 5pm. The last shuttle to leave the University is at 3:30pm.
There will also be shuttle that will pick people up at the Del Amo Metro Station every hour on the hour at 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm.
There is no entry fee to the event itself. For more details click on the Aviation Day Banner at the top of the website. Under “Air Show” there is also a schedule of the flyovers for the day.
We hope to see you at Aviation Day!
The Dominguez Family Legacy DVD is available in our Museum Gift Shop for only $20. This is the first time that all the three branches of the family (Watson, Carson and Del Amo) come together on film to talk about the Dominguez family and their legacy. The documentary is dynamic and full of rich historical facts and combines colorful interviews with historians and community leaders in addition to the Dominguez family descendants. The Dominguez legacy remains strong today and proves that if an individual can affect the course of history, we all can do something to make this world a better place. Please visit us at the Museum Gift Shop to pick up your copy now.
