New Roof and New Upcoming Exhibit

We are currently having our roof worked on, so are closed for the next two weeks, but please come back to visit us on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. starting again February 26.

Mark your calendars!!!

We are also now working with several groups in the community to prepare the next changing exhibit, Social Institutions of Early La Habra. This special exhibit will open April 16-17, 2011 for the Citrus Fair.

Happy New Year 2011!

Gathering at schoolhouse, 1908.

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season!

A big "Thank You" to the La Habra High School Class of 1960's 50th Reunion for the excellent changing exhibit we have all enjoyed over the last several months. The last day to catch it will be Saturday, January 22, 2011.

We are looking forward to working with the La Habra High School Class of 1961's 50th Reunion committee for the September changing exhibit.

We are currently engaged with the next changing exhibit, tentatively titled Social Institutions of Early La Habra. It will introduce several of the early clubs and will focus on some clubs that are still active today.

Several local community groups, including Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Methodist Churches, the American Legion and the Lions of La Habra, and the Boy and Girl Scouts are contributing photos, documents, and special artifacts.

More information to follow!

Become a member and suggest topics for future changing exhibits!

Ongoing Exhibit

Come by and visit us Saturdays 12 noon-4pm!

The La Habra High School Class of 1960 50th Reunion Exhibit is still available for viewing at the museum and see it before it is gone!



Go back in time and relive 1960 through photographs, music, and uniforms of the La Habra High School Highlanders.


Go further back in time and learn about life in early La Habra through the stories of people who tell their stories in the 1920s style theater.


Visit the General Store and see how many objects you can identify.



Wander through the main room and glimpse into our Widows in Time and learn about farming, early businesses, and home life.

If you are part of a Scout troop, or an organization with ties to La Habra, please call us to set up special tours of the museum.

There are lots of opportunities for volunteers, including docents to give tours, for people of all ages.

This is your museum! Come learn about your community and be part of its history.

Grand Opening Oct 9-10, 2010

We had a wonderfully fun opening weekend on the 9th and 10th.





The La Habra High School Class of 1960 had a great special exhibit for their 50th Reunion and tons of alumni stopped by to see the photos, articles, kilts, pompoms, and videos highlighting that memorable year.



The permanent exhibit's Windows in Time were also a hit with visitors as they remembered how the rooster in the Farm Window would wake them up in the morning; commented on how the typewriter in the Early Business Window looked so bulky and heavy compared to today's laptops; and how fashion hasn't changed all that much over the years looking at the Home Life Window's flapper dress and shoes. The large mural and mural timeline also added rich detail to La Habra's history.




The general store featured Brownie, the German shepherd who accompanied OT Stephens around town reminding businessmen to attend the Kiwanis meetings, and the theater showed an endless loop of videographies.

The museum will be open from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, so please stop by and see what everyone is talking about.

Guest Curators Hard at Work

Our Guest Curators for the La Habra High School 50th Reunion are hard at work at the museum scanning and selecting photos, images, and articles.

Stop by the Grand Opening on Oct. 9-10 between noon and 4:00 p.m. to see this great exhibit on the Class of 1960!

Grand Opening Oct 9-10, 2010

Grand Opening

La Habra Historical Museum

October 9-10, 2011

What: La Habra Historical Museum Grand Opening and Reception

with special exhibit paying tribute to the

La Habra High School and Class of 1960.

Where: 215 E. La Habra Blvd. (directly east of City Hall and behind the Library)

La Habra, CA

When: Saturday, October 9, 2010

12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Admission and Reception are Free!

Corn Festival

We had a fun opening on Saturday for the Corn Festival. April Baxter, Dorothy Knox, and the great volunteers who came by and gave their time for your viewing pleasure did a wonderful job welcoming visitors.

We would especially like to thank Alison Burnett, our intern this year, for all the incredibly long hours she has donated working together with us on the exhibits. A HUGE thank you for your always-cheery disposition, your endless energy, and especially for coming back day after day after day as we worked hard to get projects done. We want to wish you all sorts of good times in San Francisco this Fall when you start on your master's degree in Museum Studies. In the meantime... we hope to see you back in the Main Room for a few more weeks...















A big 'Thank You' to the members of the Boys and Girls Club of La Habra who also donated time and energy to putting labels on our cans in the General Store. You were a big help and we hope you got to stop by and see the beautiful results of your labor.

The truth is that it takes many, many people many, many hours, to make a museum come together successfully. Thanks to everyone who has contributed, in so many different ways, to making our museum the best it can be.

Hope you can all join us for our Grand Opening in October when we will be featuring an extra special exhibit!