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| Open House at Mt. Ada Draws Over 600 |
Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
Over 600 people flocked to the Catalina Island Museum's annual Open House at the Inn on Mt. Ada on Monday, December 3 helping to raise close to $9000 for the museum's mission to collect, preserve and share Catalina history with the island's residents and visitors.
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| Museum Telethon Entertaining Success |
Posted: Monday, November 26, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
The calls, pledges and challenges poured in as the entertainment, ranging from legendary rocker Spencer Davis to our own talented Kids at Play, shared their talents with the community via the Catalina Island Museum's Sixth Annual Telethon on November 13.
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| 9th Annual Pottery and Tile Extravaganza |
Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
The Catalina Island Museum is featuring a tribute to the beautiful, functional, and colorful pottery and decorative tile manufactured exclusively on Catalina Island with the 9th Annual Catalina Pottery and Tile Extravaganza. The extravaganza includes a special exhibition in the museum's galleries showcasing an extensive display of works made by the Catalina Clay Products division of the Santa Catalina Island Company between 1927 and 1937. Admission to the special exhibition is included in the Museum's general admission fee.
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| Museum Pottery Exhibit Features Special Reproduction |
Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
Last year pottery collectors Eric and Rose Franco created a limited edition reproduction plate as a fundraiser for the museum during their September Pottery and Tile Extravaganza. The plates were an enormous success and flew off the shelves and sold out well before the end of the month. This year the generous couple is at it again and has created another limited edition reproduction piece for the museum.
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| 4 Preps, 1 Song, 26 Miles, 1 Island: Confessions of a Fan Club President Who's Never Really Grown Up |
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - Assorted Sources
A song can change a person's life. Man of La Mancha's 'The Impossible Dream,' Carousel's 'You'll Never Walk Alone,' The Sound of Music's 'Climb Every Mountain.' The song that transformed my life isn't as lofty as those classics. It was '26 Miles' and the Four Preps' singing about Santa Catalina Island that forever altered my existence on this earth.
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| Museum's 20th Annual Silent Film Benefit a Success! |
Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
On Saturday, June 2nd, the Catalina Island Museum hosted it's 20th Annual Silent Film Benefit, honoring the Island's colorful history as one of Hollywood's favorite locations.
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| 26 Miles and 50 Years of Music |
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
Join the Catalina Island Museum on Sunday, July 15, 2007, and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the legendary song, 26 Miles Across the Sea, with two of the original performers from the group that made it famous, as they launch a national tour with a concert at Descanso Beach Club.
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| Island Scholars Visit Mainland Museum |
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
Catalina Island Museum's Island Scholars recently visited the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum in Wilmington, CA. The Avalon School students have been working with Museum Curator Jeannine Pedersen since October to study the history of Catalina Island and explore the world of museums. Their final project is to choose a topic of Island history, research the subject, and create an exhibit for the museum's galleries. This year the students chose to delve into the history of the Civil War and the role played by the state of California and Catalina Island.
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| Farnsworth Family Artifacts Donated |
Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - Catalina Island Museum
The Catalina Island Museum recently received a significant donation of artifacts from the Jim Van Vorhis Family. Jim is the great grandson of Samuel Farnsworth (who engineered and built the stagecoach road to the Island's interior in the late 1800's) and the grandson of George Chase Farnsworth, a famous Catalina boatman and fisherman.
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