"It takes no compromise to give people their rights... It takes no survey to remove repression."
-Harvey Milk
LGBTQ History is American History
23.05.2025 00:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Black Wings...
There's a sound of wings on the wind,
A faint, far, hum swells to a din -
Down from the heights a shadow flings;
It is the shadow of "Black Wings"...
-Vernon Brunson, 1933
On Now in the Quinn at SMHM: From the Ground Up, The Life of Vernon Brunson.
17.05.2025 02:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the women and men who do the important work of Mothering. Bring your fav Mama vibe person to the museum; admission is free for both of you today!
We Are #SantaMonica #History
Bill Beebe Collection, (3.2.4713) 1941 by Emerson Gaze. Women’s Motor Corps Color Guard
11.05.2025 18:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Evening Outlook newspaper staff, 1932
Today is World Press Freedom Day, honoring the principle of Freedom of the Press. In many nations, publications and news are censored. What countries do you think of when considering censorship?
We Are Santa Monica History
SMHM Outlook Collection (1998.1.1275)
03.05.2025 23:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 We Need Your Help. 🚨
A $25,000 grant we were awarded has been revoked as part of a presidential executive order to obliterate funding for the arts and humanities. If each of our followers chips in $5.00 we can potentially make up this critical loss.
👉 PLEASE donate today. Link in our bio.
24.04.2025 01:55 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Vernon Brunson exhibition poster, on now at the Santa Monica History Museum
On Now. Only at Santa Monica History Museum.
santamonicahistory.o...
18.04.2025 02:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Children searching through library card catalog as librarian looks on.
Happy National Library Workers Day! Celebrating the dedicated heroes who keep libraries vibrant and communities culturally literate, unless you live in a place where knowledge is considered subversive (yes, we said it). Thank you for your passion and tenacity.
08.04.2025 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We're here all weekend 11-5.
See you soon.
We Are Santa Monica History
1350 7th Street. Between SM Blvd and Arizona
05.04.2025 02:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exterior, Henshey's Department Store 1940. Located in the Tegner Building, 4th Street, and Santa Monica Boulevard from 1925 to 1992. Founded by Harry C. Henshey and partners, it was Santa Monica's first department store.
We Are #SantaMonica #History
Bill Beebe Collection (3.2.6172)
03.04.2025 17:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An unidentified man, dressed in a suit, is standing in a field watching workers doing stoop labor.
Today, we honor Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Labor leaders, community organizers, and co-founders of the United Farm Workers
In 2014 President Obama designated March 31st as a Federal Commemorative Holiday observing Cesar Chavez Day.
Santa Monica History Museum Collection (36.2.2226) undated
01.04.2025 03:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Whole lotta shaking going on! Didya feel it & did your MyShake app give you a heads up? Earthquake NW of Malibu.
17.03.2025 03:27 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Vernon Brunson (r) with his wife, Amanda Marie Blanks Brunson, in their home at 2024 20th Street.
The Brunson Family was one of the earliest African American families in Santa Monica.
We Are #SantaMonica #History
SMHM Collection (36.2.2290) Ca1929
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#ValentinesDay
15.02.2025 01:46 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The Ebony Beach Club 1811 Ocean Avenue. In May 1957, entrepreneur Silas White purchased the former Elks Club to open an African American beach club. During the permitting process, the City of Santa Monica seized the property through eminent domain.
(2020.FIC.1.1)
(3.2.7689)
13.02.2025 19:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Capturing Santa Monica: George Tate, Jr. - Google Arts & Culture
A series by the Santa Monica History Museum featuring the photographers and photojournalists who recorded the city's history
Today, is the birthday of photographer George Tate (1920-1992). His iconic images are an enduring testament to SoCal beach culture. To learn more about him, check us out on Google Arts and Culture:
artsandculture.googl...
We Are #SantaMonica #History
George Tate Collection (2009.109.512) 1952
05.02.2025 03:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FREE Admission all weekend, including our Sunday, family-friendly creative workshop exploring botanical art techniques.
Free Museum Hours:
Friday, January 31, 11am - 5pm
Saturday, February 1, 11am - 5pm
Sunday, February 2, 11am - 5pm
Palisades Fire Updates and Resources: www.santamonica.gov/...
30.01.2025 16:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From our family to yours, may your year be filled with abundance.
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Space is limited; RSVP appreciated, rsvp@santamonicahistory.org
Free Museum Hours:
Friday, January 31, 11 am - 5 pm
Saturday, February 1, 11 am - 5 pm
Sunday, February 2, 11 am - 5 pm
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22.01.2025 22:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Admission will be FREE all weekend and includes participation in our Sunday, family-friendly creative workshop exploring botanical art techniques. Workshop 2/2, 2 pm- 4 pm.
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22.01.2025 22:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SMHM welcomes the community to explore the museum and our new exhibition, 'Roots and Branches: A Tree's View of Santa Monica' opening Friday, January 31.
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22.01.2025 22:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
The Nice Side of News 🤓
Explainers and a look at the days events
Co-Host of American Fever Dream Pod
A daily journal of history, natural history, the arts and outdoor recreation in New York State. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/
"Cool cat looking for a kitty. Gonna look in every corner of the city." I walk. I make maps. I’m always looking for cats. Creator of The Cat Joy Project. Many of my maps are on AllTrails, Wikiloc, and my blog sweetslinkysmaps.blogspot.com
Curator • Head of Collection Dpt, Contemporary Art Museum in Lyon, France • Vice-Chairman Ensba Lyon • Co-curator of 60th October Salon, Belgrade • Lyon-Berlin
One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources.
Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment).
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(Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
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And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
Featuring artwork and photos in the public domain (free to use by all!) & Creative Commons from the collections of New York Public Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian, and more- please share your recommendations!
Run by @erikamoen.bsky.social
Archives, DH, Museums, African American studies, C19 and early C20. I am, ashamedly, a curator now too
all opinions my own, not my employer's
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Film Studies prof curious about all things cinematic, trans, queer, feminist. Director of @transmediaportl.bsky.social. Author: Girls Will Be Boys (2016). she/her (white cis queer)
Shuri's mom. Publisher of Fabulize; a pop culture feminist mag for BIPOC nerds. Cannabis lover. Neurospicy creative. Emerging comic book writer and novelist. 🏳️🌈 Lambda + Ignatz Awards nominee subscribe: https://mailchi.mp/f0796697386b/fabulizemagsubscribeme
Librarian, reader, writer, film lover. Author of MEN DON'T READ. https://andywolverton.substack.com
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One of the most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily, closed the first Tuesday of every month.
http://linktr.ee/thelabreatarpits
Jogging the collective memory of Los Angeles through social media since 2009. Some people think LA has no history. They just don't know where to look.
Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily, closed the first Tuesday of every month.
🐱 http://linktr.ee/nhmla
Fighting for Human Rights from the epicenter of Human Rights violations, Skid Row U.S.A. Human Rights Defenders and truth tellers. Black Lives Matter. Free Palestine. https://linktr.ee/lacanetwork
🌊 A non-profit organization.
📍 Long Beach, CA
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The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
🎨 If art + culture give you life, say less, we’ve got you.
Visit us in Los Angeles! 🎟️ Admission to the Hammer is always FREE!
Sharing the Japanese American experience. Look for programs near you at janm.org/OnTheGo
Oregon's science and culture museum. Located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. State repository for archaeological and paleontological artifacts.
Sharing artworks from Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Not associated with the Brooklyn Museum.
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