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Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day
Sun, May 20, 2007 - FREE
Local Museums to Celebrate Arroyo Culture on May 20, 2007 -
Event Will Feature Exhibits, Special Events, Crafts and Family Fun;
Free Shuttle, Free Admission to Six Area Museums The Los Angeles
Police Historical Museum Joins Free Day Festivities
Here's a recipe for a memorable Sunday: great art, architecture, music
and family fun with some historical discoveries thrown in for good
measure. The best part? It's all free.
On May 20, 2007 the 18th annual Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day
invites the public to tour six museums located along the celebrated
Arroyo Seco in Los Angeles and Pasadena for a free day of music,
storytelling, art, crafts and entertainment.
This year, the Los Angeles Police Historical Museum will join the MOTA
museums for free tours and special events.
MOTA Day is from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Special events this year include:
· The Gamble House. Visitors can enjoy a performance by Grammy-awarding® winning musicologist Ian Whitcomb and his Bungalow Boys; children can do crafts in the backyard.
· Heritage Square Museum. Guests can observe a Spanish American War encampment, watch traditional woodcarving demonstrations and listen to historical storytellers as well as enjoy music. Children can play with Victorian toys and do crafts. Costumed docents will lead tours of the houses; visitors can also create freehand sketches of live horses, courtesy of the Arroyo Arts Collective. Visitors can also view "Well Done: the Story of Cookbooks and Commerce," a collection of vintage cookbooks from the turn of the century to present day.
· The Los Angeles Police Historical Museum. Visitors can tour the facilities which feature private collections and historical memorabilia that date back to the late 1800s. Kids can climb into a retired police helicopter, try on police gear and get "locked" in a real jail cell. An exhibit on police portraiture will also be offered.
· The Lummis Home and Garden. Tours of the Lummis home and gardens will be available.
· The Pasadena Museum of History. Guests can tour the museum's current exhibition "African American Quilts from the Robert and Helen Cargo Collection" as well watch quilting demonstrations. Children can try their hand at designing or sewing quilts with quilt teacher Anne Batiste, play African American games, and do "Double-Dutch" jump-roping. Guests can hear African-American music and visit the museum's 100 year old Fenyes Mansion and the Finnish Folk Art Museum.
· The Southwest Museum. Visitors can enjoy mariachi music and folklórico dancing from Mariachi Cielo Nuevo. Families can go on an"archaeological" dig to find out about the past; children can do crafts. Guests can also take tours of the botanical gardens as well as director's tours of the construction and current renovation process of the museum. Historical films will be shown in the Braun Research Library. |
Getting to MOTA Day is easy --- take the Gold Line to MOTA Day and
jump off at the Heritage Square or Southwest Museum stations, where
free shuttles will escort you to MOTA Day. Or park your car once and
shuttle to the museums of your choice.
For more information call the MOTA hotline (213) 740-TOUR (8687) or go
to www.museumsofthearroyo.com
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