Monrovia Historical Museum

SPECIAL EVENT!
On March 8, the Monrovia Historical Museum and the Monrovia Historical Preservation Group (MOHPG) are co-sponsoring an event on Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment, which has its 100th anniversary this year.

The event will include a talk on suffrage by Pauline Field, chairman of 50/50 Leadership, a nonprofit promoting women’s equal leadership based in Glendale. Ms. Field also rode on a Women’s Suffrage float in this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade and will offer comments on that experience as well. There will also be a special exhibit featuring a timeline of significant events in Monrovia history led by women.

Please join us at the Museum for this special event on
Sunday, March 8, at 1:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served
and attendance is free and open to the public.

ADDRESS: 742 E. Lemon Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016
HOURS: Thursday and Sunday, 1:00-4:00pm, or by appointment.

Overview

Front view of Monrovia Historical Museum, Monrovia, California

The Monrovia Historical Museum is located in an historic 1925 Spanish style building that was once the city's Municipal Swimming Pool. The 8,000 square foot museum, organized in 1986, consists of two exhibit wings.

The Historic Monrovia Wing, which introduces the guest to the Monroe Family and the town they helped establish, includes the famous Pottenger Sanatorium that helped the medical world find cures for breathing disorders, and a Pacific Electric trolley system exhibit. Also included in this wing are faithful reconstructions of a turn-of-the-last-century kitchen and parlor, a 1907 classroom tribute to Monrovia's early grade schools, and an interactive police department exhibit that the kids always enjoy.

The Historic Collections Wing includes a fascinating Natural History section that showcases interesting and unusual creatures and oddities seldom seen in public displays. There is also a great display of the telephone technology of the past century, and an exhibit dedicated to Monrovia's service men and women, and much more. Docent-led tours are available.