Your History is Long Beach History

Over the past few years, we had the pleasure of working with community members who shared their histories for exhibitions such as Represented at Last!, Centro de La Raza, the Workers' Harbor, and A Woman's Place. Papers, oral history interviews, family histories, community newsletters and flyers, funeral obituaries, photographic images, and more are used to share stories of Long Beach's past. Your materials help us tell a more inclusive history. Processing and making these materials findable for Historical Society projects and for public researchers is surprisingly time-consuming and expensive. Please make a contribution today to keep our work going. Visiting the museum is free, and there are always Historical Society team members to greet you. Your support helps to keep it free and inclusive.

Ahmed Saafir, Black Student Union Elder, talking with students about the history of EOP, 2022The Long Beach Chicano Community History Committee shared their stories and the stories of the beloved Centro de la Raza (East Long Beach Neighborhood Center) and HSLB team, 2024

Visiting friends in the Centro de La Raza exhibit, 2024

Dr. Elahe Amani at A Woman's Place exhibition, 2022

Roxie (Jung Chung) of Roxie's Cleaners and her son visiting A Woman's Place, 2022

Gary and Sharon Kirkpatrick visiting a BASK (their mother's) painting A Woman's Place exhibition, 2022

Thank you for your support! -- Julie Bartolotto, Executive Director