Santa Monica History Museum

Absolutely love this! Wish I went at night but I wanted to go regardless at night or in the day. Both so so beautiful! Makes for great pictures.

Nice little museum about Santa Monica history, definitely must visit if you local. I would always bring my friends and family here.

Its cute! Definitely a fun place to visit but not for too long. It gives a brief history of the pier and its really interesting to see how much its changed over time. May not be worth expense.

I went there for first time with friend. I spend great time. Beautiful place.

Great museum for learning about the local History

A nice museum featuring Santa Monica history, the piers, Shirley Temple, Douglas Aircraft and so much more!

Enjoyed the flight exhibition n aviation history event in January

I hope to see more Art acquisitions from local Artists.

I cant wait for more Museums to open !

I attended a great event today at the Santa Monica museum about the history of Santa Monica Pier.

Great museum! Historical and Very informational.

We had fun and made incredible art project at the kids workshop.

I spent about two hours at Santa Monica History Museum and left with a much better understanding of our city. It was especially interesting to learn about the Tongva tribe who lived in Santa Monica Bay as far back as 9,000 B.C. and creatively used tar from the nearby La Brea Tar Pit to waterproof their canoes. I also learned that movie star, Shirley Temple was born and raised in Santa Monica!The exhibits are freshly curated for a modern audience and I highly recommend taking a quick tour with one of the museum manager, David.They have a cute gift shop that sells items from local artists and authors like greeting cards, postcards and books.Pro Tips:- Ask their historian to conduct a free hour of research about a specific question if you leave wanting to know something more!

Their exhibit on Shirley Temple was unsurpassed. So many costumes. So much memorabilia. It was fascinating stuff and a direct tie to this community of ours and our history, of course. I cannot wait to see what is displayed next.

Amazing afternoon tea celebrating Shirley Temples birthday. :)

Probably not worth $10 but it was a good time filler with some interesting things.

Keeping history alive!

Nice exhibits. Friendly staff. They need a skateboard exhibit !

Santa Monica now and then .

Loved it

Lovely for kids

Me and family enjoyed this spot

Small area for museum

Not a very informative muesum . Costs $10

Cool place