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Plants and Birds of the Moment
The Heliotropum (Heliotrope) is looking beautiful this month. In Adobe Days, Sarah Bixby Smith lists the plants she remembers from Templeโs garden. She ends with,…
Read MoreThe Artisan Collection & Legacy Collection
The Rancho Los Cerritos museum shop is full of one-of-a-kind products. These products are hand made by local artisans and volunteers. These hand-made products belong…
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Museum Educator โ โLong Ago in Long Beachโ Outreach Program
EXPLORE A CAREER IN MUSEUM EDUCATION POSITION: Museum Educator โ โLong Ago in Long Beachโ Outreach Program HOURS: Approximately 12-18 hours per week,…
Read MoreA Look Back at the Stardusk Dinner Dance
More than 150 people gathered in the moonlight on Sunday, Oct. 22, for the Stardusk Dinner Dance. The event raised funds for Rancho Los Cerritos'…
Read MoreA Look at our Final Wedding of 2017
Our final wedding of the season took place at Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach on Oct. 7. It was a beautiful evening and the…
Read MorePlant of the Moment: October
Apache Plume,ย Fallugia paradoxa, is October's plant of the moment. Our is locatedย in a pot by the Visitor Center. An evergreen shrub native to the deserts,…
Read MoreThe Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft spans thirty-nine volumes and details four hundred years of history in the western hemisphere, from Alaska to Panama. The…
Read MoreA Sonoran Bumblebee Buzzes Through our Long Beach Gardens
We were recently visited by a Sonoran Bumblebee (Bombus sonorus), a fuzzy insect native to the Sonoran desert and much of the western United States.ย Typical…
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