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Arcadia's Gilb Museum celebrates 20th anniversary with a new exhibit and guided tour with a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's collections. The Museum Education Center will offer demonstrations of current and upcoming educational programs. Includes a history of the Museum. See hard copy in VF "Museums-Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Museums-Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Museum Education Center
Collection
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Artist Dean Fleming's surreal artwork will be shown at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage July 11 through September 19, 2015.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Artists
Fleming, Dean
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
34424AN
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New staff at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage include Curator Stevy Acevedo and the Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Acevedo, Stevy
Alberto, Brittani
City of Arcadia employees
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
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Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage has a permanent exhibit on Anita Baldwin. The daughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin was a quiet woman of great compassion.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2012
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2012
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33460AN
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Official groundbreaking ceremony for the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage's Education Center will take place September 29. The 2600 square feet Center will include classrooms and lecture hall, on the site behind the Community Center and in front of the Museum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2013
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Foundation
Gilb, Ruth
Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
33807AN
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Rendering reality on internment camps, a review of Riyo Sato's personal sketches on exhibit at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Artists
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33820AN
Collection
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At the next Arcadia Coordinating Council meeting on November 1, Laura Heneforth will discuss Arcadia's Walk of Fame exhibit at the Gilb Museum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Heneforth, Laura
Museums
Volunteers
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Museums-Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum

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1. Lessons from history. Article describing the new museum building with floor plan and color photos. World Architecture, May 2002, page 44-50. (Magazine and color copy) 2. Arcadia Historical Museum. Article written in German. Bauwelt May 17, 2002. 3. Article describing the museum written …
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1. Lessons from history. Article describing the new museum building with floor plan and color photos. World Architecture, May 2002, page 44-50. (Magazine and color copy)
2. Arcadia Historical Museum. Article written in German. Bauwelt May 17, 2002.
3. Article describing the museum written in both English and Japanese. Color and b/w photos. Architecture and Urbanism, 02:06 No. 381.
4. Invitation from Arcadia Historical Society and Santa Anita Park for a wine and light supper with proceeds to benefit the Arcadia Historical Museum Building Fund. December 13, 1999. Digital graphic of new museum on front of invitation. Also 2nd copy of graphic photo.
5. Needs Assessment Survey and Report. May 19, 1999. City of Arcadia, Arcadia Historical Museum, Arcadia Historical Society. Prepared by: Sparano + Mooney Architecture, Inc.
6. "Museum Contractor Selected," City of Arcadia press release, August 2, 2000. Bid awarded to Van Nuys based BEGL Construction Co., Inc.
7. "Museum dreams - Arcadia Historical Society fills larger building with its collected treasures. The Sunday Star, October 28, 2001, page 1-2. Article describing the Oct. 20th grand opening of the museum. Includes photo of Ruth and Charles Gilb.
8. Press release dated August 7, 2002 announcing that the Arcadia Historical Museum will be joining museums around the nation in "Museums Celebrate America Freedoms: Joining Communities in a Day of Remembrance September 11." Details of the activities at the museum on September 11 are included.
9. Color brochure on the museum with membership application. 2002.
10. Invitation to the preview party for the grand opening of the museum, October 19, 2001. Given by the Arcadia Historical Society and the City of Arcadia. 11. Formal invitation to the Grand Opening Ceremony of the museum on Saturday, October 20, 2001.
12. Local girl's Gold Award project to be part of Arcadia's September 11th Day of Remembrance at the Arcadia Historical Museum. Tiffany Tseng volunteers at the museum and photographed local residents and asked them to share their thoughts on America and September 11th. The Sunday Star, September 8, 2002, p.1.
13. Grand Opening Ceremony program. October 20, 2001.
14. Informal flyer from The Arcadia Historical Society and The City of Arcadia inviting people to the Grand Opening Ceremony of the museum on October 20, 2001.
15. President's Message from CAMINOS, newsletter of the Arcadia Historical Society, welcoming the new curator, Maren (Marni) Hackley. Includes background information on her. January 2002.
16. Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum postcard. "Have you visited the new Museum?" Orange crate label created by Anielka Gallo on front of postcard with address, days and hours open. 2002. (4 postcards)
17. Seabiscuit mania. Arcadia Historical Museum shows off items celebrating horse-racing icon. Sunday Star, August 17, 2003, page 1.
18. Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, Long Range Plan 2006.
19. Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum general information on 9"x4" card. Shows Anoakia Fountain on front side and light fixture from Anoakia designed by Maynard Dixon on the back side.
20. Gallery Guide to the "Army Balloon School" exhibit that ran November 2005 through January 2006.
21. "Profiles in courage: veteran registry on display at Arcadia Museum." The Weekly Star, May 29, 2007. Curator Alycia Wood is in photograph.
22. "A Trip Down Memory Lane...Salute to former Arcadia High School Educators" exhibit. Invitation to opening reception, February 7, 2006.
23. Postcard for "A Trip Down Memory Lane...Stories by former Arcadia High School Educators," an Arcadia Historical Society Program, January 29, 2006.
24. "Childhood Memories of Dolls" photo and caption of museum exhibit curated by Hwee-Ching Sinclair. Pasadena Star News, December 12, 2007, p. Local 2.
25. Exhibit pays tribute to Tongva tribe, Weekly Star, a supplement to the Pasadena Star News, September 18, 2008. Museum exhibit is called Tongva: our voice, our history, our people.
26. Celebrating 5 years, a Sunday Soiree, October 22, 2006 program, with museum's vision statement, mission statement, and goals. Lists names of Historical Museum Commission and Arcadia Historical Society Board. Timeline of recent Arcadia history from 1974-2006.
27. Arcadia Historical Museum Foundation 10th anniversary celebration dinner program, October 9, 2011.
28. Arcadia Historical Museum Foundation proposed Education Center leaflet, including artist's rendering, July 2010.
29. Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum Map, undated.
30. Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum postcard "Add your name to our donor tree." Donating a leaf starts at $250.
31. 2009 Exhibit Calendar, including January through March 6, 2010.
32. Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum two sided pamphlet, 9" x 4" cardstock with museum's mission, hours, parking, basic information. Undated.
33. History of the Arcadia Museum (postcard size). No date.
Subjects
Museums-Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
262AF
Collection
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Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33562AN
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Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage will have a groundbreaking for its Education Center at 5:30 PM on September 29. The 2,650 square foot Education Center will have classrooms for educational programming such as art, crafts, lectures, children's and senior activities. The building will provide the space needed for current activities and will allow for future expansion of Museum and recreation programs. The Arcadia Museum Education Center is a joint effort of the City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Historical Museum Foundation. The budget for the building is $877,339 with $500,000 of that donated by the Foundation. It should be open by May 2014.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2013
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p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Foundation
Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
33818AN
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Life interrupted: personal sketches behind barbed wire, Santa Anita, Summer 1942, Riyo Sato (1913-2009). The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage will be displaying Riyo Sato's sketches September 14-November 2, 2013.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33716AN
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Personal sketches behind barbed wire--Riyo Sato (1913-2009) will be on exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage from September 14 through November 2, 2013. Riyo Sato was interned at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33791AN
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Gilb Museum offers unique look into Arcadia’s past. Dr. Dana Hicks, curator of the Gilb Museum gave Arcadia Weekly a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum. Columnist writer Galen Patterson describes the exhibits.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hicks, Dana, Dr.
Patterson, Galen
Item ID
35529AN
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Local historian Daniel Hennessy talked about Arcadia police officer Albert Matthies, the only police officer killed in the line of duty and the trial of the suspects thereafter, at the Gilb Museum on October 21.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
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p. 1, 27
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 27
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hennessy, Daniel
Matthies, Albert
Item ID
35186AN
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The Life and Times of Tony Antista, a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia is ending today, April 2, 2016. Tony Antista wrote the Arcadia High School Fight Song.

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Mountain Views News
Date
April 2, 2016
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p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Antista, Tony
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage exhibits
Musicians
Songwriters
Item ID
34714AN
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Arcadia's flourishing artists now on display at Gilb Museum. Art features work from local artists that have studied under K.T. Boyce.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
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p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Art
Artists
Boyce, K.T.
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Salazar, Nick
Torres, Adolf
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A vintage toymaking program was part of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum exhibit on the history of toys.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Exhibits
Museums
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30468AN
Collection
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Gilb Museum opens temporary exhibit about Japanese-American internment.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Pacemaker
Hicks, Dana
Item ID
34987AN
Collection
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How Arcadia gained a rare piece of history. Riyo Sato was a developing artist by the time she was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center at Santa Anita Park, in 1942, before being transferred to Wyoming, to a different detention facility called “Heart Mountain.” She left behind sketches of Santa Anita Park which will be displayed at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Artists
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hashimoto, Pam
Hicks, Dana, Dr.
Japanese-Americans
Japanese Internment Camps
Patterson, Galen
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
35540AN
Collection
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Dr. Dana Hicks Dunn, Arcadia Museum curator, to be feted June 26, to celebrate her doctorate degree.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--employees
Hicks, Dana
Item ID
33724AN
Collection
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