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!

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!