Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles, California Slideshow

 

The Heritage Square Museum is an amazing place to visit on a Sunday afternoon.  It's a peaceful place that takes you back to the end of the 19th century. This was a time when California was a new state and Los Angeles, which was once a cow town, was being formed into the large and diverse city it's developed into today.  It's continually expanding so we make regular visits every few years.  If you love turn of the century homes from the Victorian era, you'll this museum.  It's a visual monument of the settlement and development of Southern California during its first 100 years of statehood.

This is a great place for learning about how people lived at that time--especially for children and teens. Although it's a great activity for grandparents and their grandchildren to share, some very small children get bored.

The California Heritage Square museum offers exceptional examples of architecture from the time with eight historic structures that were moved to the property at the museum.  Besides the homes, there's a church, a depot and a Colonial Drug store filled with authentic items that were donated by a family who owned the store contents. They were left to them by a relative who owned such a store.  None of the products are sold, it's completely for viewing.

Heritage Square museum isn't open for much of the week.  It's open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and some holidays.  See below for more information.

 

Heritage Square Museum For Elderly Visitors

For those who are elderly or have difficulty walking, this is a good place to visit.  The square is mostly grass with a gravel road that makes it easy for walking.  The tours are great, but you can also walk the grounds on your own. Not all buildings are accessible without the tour but some are. There is some climbing of stairs within the homes, but you don't have to climb to the second floors.  There are photos and books in the Heritage Square Museum Gift Shop for reference if you miss that part of your tour.

You can visit some of the homes alone as well. If you need to walk slow and rest, go early so that you can take your time and make a day of learning about the different homes and about the history and names of each by perusing the books in the gift shop. I noticed a few of the visitors who utilized canes or walkers were seated on the porch of some of the largest homes at the front of the square. So there are places to rest if necessary and be cool in the shade.

I encourage you to visit the The Heritage Square Museum when it's cool.  The first time I visited was at the end of June and it was very hot.  We ended up leaving a little sooner than we planned just to get out of the heat, but as I said, there are cool places to rest.

SEE MY PHOTO SLIDESHOW OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BELOW.

 



  

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